TAKE-UP
SPINDLE
AND
LATCH
SUPPLY
SPINDLE
AND
LATCH
Preparation for
Threading
Place the reel of film on the
SUPPLY
SPINDLE
(Figure 2) with the film feed-
ing clockwise off the reel and the
perforations
toward you. Lock the reel
onto the spindle with the
LATCH.
Place
an empty reel on the
TAKE-UP
SPINDLE
and lock it in place.
Make sure that the rewind tab is latched
in the vertical position.
THREAD
KNOB
See that the speed selector is properly
set for the film to be projected.
Open the supply and take-up sprocket
CLAMPS.
Open the
GATE
by pushing forward on
the tab until it latches.
Turn the
THREAD
KNOB
until the white
line on the knob is toward you. With
the knob in this position, the pulldown
claw will be withdrawn
from the film
channel.
FIGURE 2
Pull back the sound drum
PRESSURE
ROLLER
and place the leader over the
roller and under the
SOUND DRUM.
Release the roller, making sure that the
leader is between the flanges.
Threading for Sound
or Silent Pictures
Bring the leader over the
SNUBBER
ROLLER
and under the two rollers on the
bottom of the
MASTER CONTROL COVER.
(See Figure 14.) Insert the end of the
leader into the slot in the core of the
take-up reel. Take up the slack between
the lower sprocket and the take-up reel.
For
sound
projection
only:
Move the
sound-input
switch to FILM. Turn on the
projector
by pressing the projector
power switch.
Draw off about five feet (1.5 m) of
leader. Grasp the leader near the supply
reel and insert it between the upper
sprocket and clamp; engage the
perforations
with the sprocket teeth
and close the clamp. (See Figure 3.)
Place the leader between the top and
bottom
EDGE GUIDES
of the film channel.
Close the gate by pressing on the
GATE
LATCH.
Form the upper loop to the red
dot on the rewind tab. (See Figure 3A.)
Pass the leader behind the
DAMPER
ROLLER
and between the take-up
sprocket and clamp. Engage the per-
forations
with the sprocket teeth and
close the clamp. Make sure that the
leader is against the damper roller.
Press down the loop-forming
roller as
far as it will go and then release it. This
action will correctly
position the upper
and lower loops. Turn the thread knob
to engage the pulldown claw in the
leader perforations.
Figure 3 shows the
positions of the clamps, gate, and
leader
after
the loop-forming
roller has
been pressed down and released.
For silent projection
only:
While the
projector
is running, set the speed
selector at SI LENT.
Thread the leader under the
LOOP-
FORMING
ROLLER.
The leader should just
touch the roller
(not
as shown in
Figure 3).
NOTE: Project at SILENT speed;
rewind at SOUND speed, for
faster rewind.
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