Re: Kodak 8" CIRKUT FILM

[Andy Buck <buckwiet@xxxxxxxxx>]

So, having cut it - in daylight? - you don't put
anything over the exposed end and all you get is about
1/8" flared? Wow. 

And Ron, what type of film and where do you get 10"
film? How long? How much?  I can only find 8" in
Kodak's catalog. 'Course, 70mm 15' cassettes of Tri-X
aren't in the catalog either, and I order them all the
time.

Thanks!

Andy

--- Ron Klein <panorama@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I split number 10 film for my # 5 Cirkut camera. 
> I wind the film a little
> > tighter than it comes from Kodak and then saw it
> in half, including the
> > spool, using a miter box and back saw.  I made a
> little U-shaped channel
> to
> > let the film rest on with the spool flanges
> hanging over the edge.  You
> > lose the kerf of the blade and expose maybe an
> eigth of an inch of the
> edge
> > of the film.  Give it a try.  I learned this
> method from other guys in the
> > IAPP, maybe Ron Klein or Bob Erickson or Dick
> Fowler.
> 
> Actually, I think I suggested using a tubing cutter.
>  I personally split my
> film on my metal lathe with an exacto knife chucked
> up.  I can even do it in
> the light without fogging the film.  The tubing
> cutter should be new with
> sharp a sharp wheel.  Adjust the cutter very lightly
> and keep turning.  It
> should work.  A guy could try it on a spool of just
> paper first.
> 
> Ron Klein
> 
> 
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