Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Media Cleaner Rewind.

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Posted by Thomas Dieter (Member # 2507) on 01-30-2006, 12:02 AM:

I wanted to know if anyone here has come up with the same idea as one of my fellow employees. He has taken a cordless power drill, a drill bit adaptor, and a rewind key and put them all together. Effectively allowing him to rewind the media pads in about 20 seconds or less. Is there a problem with this, or was this a good idea?

Posted by Donny Miner (Member # 1590) on 01-30-2006, 12:20 AM:

Sounds like a good idea... But it might be too xtreme for such a purpose. It should only take a few seconds by hand anyways. Are you splitting the pads in half before loading? We only use the full pads to clean long prints like King Kong and such.

-DoNnY

Posted by Thomas Dieter (Member # 2507) on 01-30-2006, 12:51 AM:

Having not been in the booth for almost a month now, I haven't cut them. Only time I've been in it is when I walked in there and thread the movie before the projectionist does. I just got back from Marietta, GA earlier last week.

Posted by Jack Ondracek (Member # 1466) on 01-30-2006, 12:57 AM:

Works for me.
I've been rewinding them like that for a couple of years. Sure saves my fingers.

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 01-30-2006, 02:44 AM:

I used to put the 1/2" spindle on the Kelmar bench, but a bit of masking tape around the spindle to help cinch up the plastic sleeves and goto town rewinding the media.

Posted by Dominic Espinosa (Member # 2122) on 01-30-2006, 12:12 PM:

The only problem I see is if the media isn't loaded perfectly straight to begin with it'll rewind crooked.
Winding it straight then would be more difficult with a drill.

Depending on your film cleaner you can cut your pads to be the most efficient. With ours we can cut them into thirds for any movie up to about 8 reels.
After that it's halves. Unfortunately I'm the only one that does that though so lately we've been just using the big ones and rewinding every 3-4 shows.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 01-30-2006, 12:53 PM:

quote: Dominic Espinosa
lately we've been just using the big ones and rewinding every 3-4 shows.

FYI this practice DOES waste media and FilmGuard, ya know.

Posted by Dominic Espinosa (Member # 2122) on 01-31-2006, 01:04 PM:

quote: Brad Miller
FYI this practice DOES waste media and FilmGuard, ya know

I am aware. I cringe every time I load those full rolls.
Unfortunately I just don't have the time to cut them myself and it's easier to leave it undone than to hear my assitants cry about having to do such a boring task.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 01-31-2006, 02:50 PM:

Oh WAH! What a horrible task. [Wink]

You know we used to sell the rolls in a "one pass" length, but everyone whined about that too, so now we pack more onto the cores than any other media manufacturer. It's great if you do indeed cut them in half (or thirds, or fourths). Don't forget to save those cores and recycle them for more.

Posted by Dominic Espinosa (Member # 2122) on 02-01-2006, 03:10 AM:

Oh, you have no idea.
Whaa I have to clean projectors! Whaa I have to mop the floor! Whaa I have to clean the screens!

At any rate a few boxes of cores should be coming your way soon, Brad.

Posted by Daryl C. W. O'Shea (Member # 1303) on 02-01-2006, 05:49 PM:

They, or their boss, should be saying, "Whaa I have to find a new job!"

Posted by Dominic Espinosa (Member # 2122) on 02-02-2006, 12:27 PM:

Daryl, you are right however I'm sure I don't have to explain how awful theater politics can be.
Taking the problem child down can result in a backlash in management that could very well come back to bite you in the butt.