P3D Re: Help! TDC Colorist II take up reel slipping

[Steve Berezin <sbere@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick Boeckstijns wrote:

> <Snip>
> >By the end of a
> >roll it was slipping quite regularly and it did not advance a new roll
> >of film at all.  On closer examination it appeared that the camera take
> >up reel ( the reel that takes up the film) would not turn with the
> >slightest bit of pressure.
> <Snip>
>
> >Steve Berezin
> >mailto:sbere@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/2404/stereolinks.html
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> Oh, Oh. I'm afraid this may be one of the typical problems COLORIST owners
> only know to well.
> This is, if the symptoms are: the advance knob turns and turns but the film
> does not advance.

Thanks for the speedy reply.  This sounds like exactly what is happening.

> The flimsy plastic take up spool is attached whith a tiny screw to a metal
> spindle that runs right through it and on which the advance know is attached.

Is this the screw that is on the knob or is their another screw attached to the
plastic spool?  The only screw I could find is the one on the knob which says
"wind".  I turned it a quarter turn but the reel still slipped.  I looked for
another screw on the plastic spool but could not find one.  Is it on the top or
bottom?

> This miniature screw tends to slip and what's worse the plastic tends to
> break at that specific location.
> So if the spool is still intact you can try to tighten she screw gently
> with a opticians screwdriver. If the plastic has cracked, repair will be
> required.
> In my case the latter was the problem. Finally I had to drill a small hole
> in the base of the spool and right through the spindle and glue a pin in
> it. This however involves taking the thing apart but it has worked fine
> ever since.
> Hope yours won't need this kind of extensive churgery.
> Good luck.
> Patrick.
>
> Patrick BOECKSTIJNS
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