Re: Sputnik S.O.S. ...---...

[Brenda Nowlan <bknowlan@xxxxxxxxx>]

>   Removing the advance knob and cleaning off
> the old grease and relubing may help, but it
> only affects the amount of drag you feel when
> turning the knob with no film inside.
>
>   The force getting higher as you get to higher
> frames makes it seem like the spring on the
> take-up side is in the wrong place.
>
>   Does the force required drop way down when you
> finish the roll and the supply spool unthreads?

Just slightly.  Not way down.  It is always easiest at the beginning of
the roll.

Brenda