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Author Topic: Loose prints Richard Edward Wells III Film Handler Posts: 20 From: Cloverdale, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 03-27-2005 07:43 PM                     Ok, I'm sure I'm making this much more complicated than it should be, but I have a problem with prints winding up too loose. The platter system is Christie AW3R, and even after a print moves to another theater, it stays loose, and sometimes gets even worse, leading to many thrown prints. aahhh!  |  IP: Logged Norman J. Rabold Film Handler Posts: 2 From: Haines City, Florida, USA Registered: Feb 2004 posted 03-27-2005 09:10 PM                     Add some tension to the take up arm.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-27-2005 10:23 PM                     Christie AW3 Platter Tips Christie AW3 - Tightening the takeup tension on an older AW3 platter  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-27-2005 10:31 PM                     I was just going to say that but Adam beat me to it. But, suffice it to say, before you go much farther you should ensure that your platter system(s) is/are properly calibrated. If the system ISN'T calibrated, anything you do will amount to little more than spit in the ocean until you do.  |  IP: Logged Peter Mork Expert Film Handler Posts: 181 From: Newton, MA, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 03-27-2005 10:56 PM                     A quick fix: I once did much the same thing with some extra-long, heavy-duty rubber bands, stretched between the crook in the takeup control arm and the end of the platter's support arm. More rubber bands equals more tension. This won't hold up over the long haul, of course, but will work just dandy if you want snugly-wound prints now and don't feel like doing a spring overhaul.  |  IP: Logged

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