Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Splicer Identification

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Posted by Marc Hansen (Member # 705) on 08-28-2004, 11:27 AM:

What brand splicer is this and what can anyone tell me about it?
The only markings on it say made in USA.
Thanks

Posted by Bill Langfield (Member # 818) on 08-28-2004, 01:00 PM:

Whoa, that thing keeps staring at me. I'm getting frightened!

Sorry no idea, but have you tried using it?

Could work better than those Italian things everyone in Australia is 'forced' to use??

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 08-28-2004, 01:44 PM:

Was that recently dredged up out of the bay or found fossilized near some mountain top? Looks like Tom Edisons first attempt at a splicer.

Mark

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 08-28-2004, 02:08 PM:

I don't recognize the brand, but it does seem to be a relatively robust design. The wide "beavertail" handle seems like something relatively recent. If you clean it up and check the alignment, it likely will be pretty good, although spare parts may be hard to come by.

Posted by Marc Hansen (Member # 705) on 08-28-2004, 02:20 PM:

The guts all look identical to nuemade parts, (at least the drawings in the nuemade parts list) but I don't have a nuemade to compare it with. The blades are quite dull and have been hand sharpened but it actually does a pretty decent splice. the cutter on the end is adjustable for position so you would not have to shim it like the splicer in the tips section. And it is built solid.

Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 08-28-2004, 06:11 PM:

If my feeble mind is not mistaked since I have not seen this model for 20 + years....this was a splicer brought out by the Guillotine Corporation of New York ( now out of business )when they stopped distributing the Ciro splicer in the U.S.A. The unit had two roll capability so you could use clear or "colored" marking tape by sliding either roll into position on the "track".

Posted by Marc Hansen (Member # 705) on 08-28-2004, 06:43 PM:

You could be right, there is a "G" stamped into the blades.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-28-2004, 06:47 PM:

It is definitely an old Guillotine. We got one similar in the mid 70s, except it would only hold one roll of tape. Ours came with a plastic handle which eventually broke, and the replacement handle was identical to the one in the photo.

Posted by Peter Schoell (Member # 919) on 08-28-2004, 11:17 PM:

I have 2 of those splicers and the work fine. I have adapted other splicers so they can handle more tha one kind of tape.

Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 08-29-2004, 12:20 AM:

There is only one kind of film splicing tape. And many types of thin adhesive contamination that don't belong on film. [evil]

Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 09-10-2004, 01:33 AM:

Yup, definitely an old "G" Splicer Corp. splicer. Some parts can be interchanged with the Ciro. See the Ciro splicer manuals here on the manuals page. Some of the Ciro pages have G splicer to Ciro parts cross reference.

Tom Moyer's Luxury Theatres here in the Pacific Northwest bought tons of these G Splicers.

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 09-10-2004, 09:06 AM:

I always liked the fact that it could hold a bunch of rolls of tape!

Posted by Pete Lawrence (Member # 130) on 09-11-2004, 11:28 AM:

Way back in August of 1999 I asked the same question. The discussion can be found here.

As you can see from the pictures the model I have is designed for 8 perf wide tape. Aside from the cost of the punch mechanism, I wonder why that never caught on? It puts the tape edges on frame lines making the splice invisible on screen. I have always found tape splices that end in frame distracting when watching a film.

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 09-13-2004, 11:13 AM:

quote: Pete Lawrence
Aside from the cost...

You answered your own question. [Wink]