P3D TDC Colorist take-up reels

[Watters <mdwatters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Please excuse me if my terminology is incorrect.  On vacation my TDC
>Colorist II began to have problems advancing the film.  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.

It's a VERY common problem with Colorists.  The basic problem is this:
The take up reel is attached to a metal axis by only a single plastic 
tab.  The tab comes off the take up reel itself and is made from the 
same fairly soft plastic.  The tab shears off and you're left with your 
wind knob freewheeling inside the take-up reel.

I had one with this problem that I "fixed" by making and inserting a pin 
in place of the original.  That fell apart after a couple rolls however 
when the plastic take-up reel cracked.

It MIGHT be fixable either by adding a screw (through the plastic reel 
and metal axis) or by just plain epoxying the whole darn thing together.  
I never tried these though being way too ticked off with the camera.  

mike
watters



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