Thankd Jeff, will try that. Any idea on how to
align the two film strips without the pins? The
16mm seems to be the only one on the right; there
are two other holes on the left that might
produce pins once it's unglued. Or are 35mm pros
so expert they don't need pins?
thanks
Scott
At 03:00
Hi Scott,
The 35 pins on a 1635 splicer are always up, but from your photos, someone
physically yanked them out of your splicer. The buttons are for raising and
lowering the 16 pins.
-Sorry for the bad news,
---Buck
Lawrence 'Buck' Bito
Movette Film Transfer
1407 Valencia St, San Francisco,
Yep, Buck as always is right — I hadn’t looked closely at the pictures.
How wide are the platens?
On Feb 8, 2015, at 3:38 PM, Scott Stark sst...@hi-beam.net wrote:
Thankd Jeff, will try that. Any idea on how to align the two film strips
without the pins? The 16mm seems to be the only one on
Getting back to your question of a manual for your splicer - in case you manage
to get one with 35 pins. The BH splicers were reproduced by Maier-Hancock and
the operation is unchanged. Whatever angel runs apecity has warehoused tons of
manuals including the Maier-Hancock 1635/816 manual.
Cardinal in Baltimore has some spare parts for M-H splicers in their
copious back room.
However, I don't think it would be impossible to make your own pins
out of brass stock. They don't have to be super hard, and the profile
does not have to be perfect as long as it is consistent, I don't
I would be wary of either repairing or modifying your splicer IF you care about
good registration and splices that don’t jump. In the old days, steel film was
used to check alignment, along with other gauges. Without those you are just
guessing, and this isn’t a place you want to guess! You
a bummer, thanks guys - looks like it's not
usable for 35mm. Fortunately I got it cheap, but
cheap is expensive if it doesn't work...
Still, I'm wondering how you align the right-hand
film strip - it looks like there are no holes for pins at all. ??
Jeff, the platens are slightly wider than
Hi Scott,
Check the manual I linked to. You setup the film that will be on the right side
on the left side's pins and then clamp it for the cut.
---Buck
Lawrence 'Buck' Bito
Movette Film Transfer
1407 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Open Tuesday through Saturday:
Tues. and Thurs.: 8-6
Ah got it, thanks again Buck.
Scott
At 05:38 PM 2/8/2015, you wrote:
Hi Scott,
Check the manual I linked to. You setup the film that will be on the
right side on the left side's pins and then clamp it for the cut.
---Buck
Lawrence 'Buck' Bito
Movette Film Transfer
1407 Valencia St, San
