Aligning VM chips

[Ronald.W.Doerfler@xxxxxxx]

>Is it possible to remount a factory mounted V-M chip back onto a reel so that 
>it is in the correct position for the orignal stereo effect?

A year or so ago I was so skeptical of the oft-quoted (at that time)
statement that it was impossible to make a VM reel without a VM camera
that I tried it.  I cut down a Realist chip pair to about the right
size.  I split apart a VM reel and taped the chips into the windows
and resealed it.  To align the chips correctly first, I placed a regular
VM reel onto a normal Realist mounting gauge on a light table to get the
proper horizontal spacing of the near and far objects for a reel.  Then I
taped my VM reel half down and aligned my chips and taped them, although
I could have glued them.

Anyway, you might be able to use a regular mounting gauge to re-align
the original chips sufficiently.  

Now that I proved my point about making VM reels from Realist chips, I 
can tell you that I'm never going to do that again!  Too much work.

Ron Doerfler



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