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Author Topic: Kelmar Build-Up Table problems Dave Cutler Master Film Handler Posts: 277 From: Centennial, CO Registered: Jun 2000 posted 08-17-2000 11:53 AM                     Is there anything you can do (other than replacing) about a motor that is very weak? On two of my tables the motors don't have enough power to put a 6000' reel on them. It's doesn't seem like the belt is slipping, and if you give the reel a spin it will keep going but very slowly (they kinda groan too). Any ideas?  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-17-2000 01:00 PM                     Check the grub screws on the pulleys I have seen them slip also check the rectifier in the control box to see if it is only operating 1/2 wave also check the amount of drag on the dummy end  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 08-17-2000 04:57 PM                     I used one for many years and had to change the the motor brushes a few times. One side is easy to get to, but the other side is up against the bottom of the table. I would also check the belts; a reel should probably not spin free at all. The older Kelmars I used had two belts in it; there's a jackscrew arrangement in the head to gear the motor down. So, one belt goes from the motor to a shaft and there's another belt /pulley that goes to from that shaft to the shaft that the spindle is on. Gordon's right about the rectifier; they go once in a while.  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 08-17-2000 09:04 PM                     I should amend my comment.. I was thinking about regular rewind tables. But, a loose belt and brushed are still worth looking in to. Sorry about that, cheif..  |  IP: Logged

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