8MM-16MM FORUM WORLDWIDE

Royce, remove the sprockets and hold them one on top of the other. Do the teeth match? This really sounds like the wrong sprocket.

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It does sound like the claw is probably fine. One other thing I can think of, I found mine to be incredibly picky about having the leader curved and manicured just the right way or it would jam when feeding it in. You want a nice curl pointing down in the direction that the sprockets feed if I remember correctly, and try using the built-in film cutter to clip the end for good measure beforehand.

Edit: Realized you're already trimming the film properly, never mind on that part!

So I had to take a break from this to work on other things. To be honest, I wasn't really sure what to do next. But last night it came to me in a dream that I could take the new 8mm leader I bought and run that through the projector to test if the problem was originating from the film or the projector. Wouldn't you know it, the projector ran my new leader perfectly. So I guess the answer is that the film is simply to dry and brittle to be safely run through a projector.

Will buying a lubricant solve my problems, or are there other factors (such as film shrinkage or expansion) that might be coming into play? Also, I would say it's safe to assume that I should lubricate both the film and the path in the projector.

Finally, I read on a cinematography forum that some people have used used a silicon spray on a cotton swab and rubbed this on the path/gate for a super 8 CAMERA and on the plate of the cartridge. Do you guys think a similar technique would work on the projectors path?

Lubricating the film and film path can do wonders to correct jitters, jumps, and picture quality.

P.S. Keep dreaming and look to the skies.

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