Recent content by KODIAK

I need a bunch of hours to do this kind of experiments, maybe next month. I'll post the result.

Sadly, this would not be useful. The problem is not the position of the pin, but the position where the pin stops in its cyclic movement. You can see in the two videos I posted above that this pin should stop only after lowering and partly reversing leftward, instead my pin stops just after...

I decided to dismantle the whole mechanism under the grease. I found that there is no way to alter syncronization. The cam is held in a fixed position by 4 screws on the black gear, which is vinculated by a notch on the motor axis. Also, sensor can't be moved. Finally, pin is vinculated by two...

Here a couple of videos of the pin, you can see that in the first (bad working) device pin stops at full right and lowers just a bit, in the second (the good one) it moves leftwards and fully lowers before stopping: It looks like it's related to the rest position of the electric motor. If...

Thank you very much. I said that there is no degree if freedom between bracket and metal pin because I noticed a plastic protrusion on the grey plastic base passing a hole in the metal base of the pin. Also, there is a difference between how my reel and the other I compared with work: my pin...

I decided to open the case and found that the position of the metal pin is strictly vinculated to a small bracket that acts on (what I presume is) the position sensor. You can see those parts in the picture below and above on this same topic. Blue arrow is the base of the metal pin, purple is...

Hello, I own a Kodak reels too. I purchased it to scan some 8mm family movies from the sixties. This machine looks well built but it tends to flip and lift the film especially normal 8mm. I discovered that the rest position of the metal teeth that drives the film is different from others. Mine...

Hi, I'm interested in some niche electronic items and this looks a promising place for sharing tips about this kind of content. I have many very old 8mm and super8mm movies. Also some very old and exotic vinyls. Let's get started...