Re: siamese lubitels

[erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Erker)]

>It's a little hard to explain properly, so I put a quick picture on the web
>at http://webman.mc.yu.edu/mf
>
>I haven't seen what you or Alan did.  I just did what made sense.  Since
>the left and right film spools are all lined up, I just needed a way to
>link the right one (with the winding knob) with the left one (whose winding
>knob I cut off.)  That way, turning the film advance knob moves both spools.

Mine is similar in some ways. Mine is an insert that you
stick in from the slave side body after you have loaded
the film spool into the master body. See:
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/erker/prevtwin225.html

  It has ball bearings from a hobby shop to allow
rotation without binding.

>But the hard part was making a good groove for it to sit in.  I was afraid
>that any wobbling would result in the film winding crooked and binding.  So
>I made a neat jig that would hold a u-shaped piece of brass as I epoxied it
>exactly in place.  You'd have to see it to appreciate it, I guess.

  I think I get it. Thanks.

Greg