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Author Topic: Screwdrivers for Cinemecanica Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-10-2005 05:27 PM                     Does anyone have a partnumber and manufacturer for screwdrivers that accurately fit the .8mmx7mm and the 1.2mmx7mm slotted screws on many of the parts and terminal strips of the cinemecanicas I normally use Wera tools but they don't seem to have an exact fit and I am tired of wrecking the slots  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-10-2005 11:32 PM                     The best way to get em would be to take a trip to Italy.... enjoy the food and fine art while you're there..... Mark  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 10-11-2005 12:36 AM                        FELO #50572 - 5mm x .8mm x 6" FELO #22096 - 6.5mm x 1.2mm x 6" I believe Newmann Tools in Kanata stocks them... 1-800-465-1384. I don't think you'll find a metric driver with an aspect ratio as large as 7mm x .8mm as they're usually no more than 6:1.  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 10-11-2005 07:21 AM                     I usually just grind down a regular screwdriver for a thinner blade. Are those screws special, or are they 'standard' in Italy? I've never seen ones with such a large head.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-13-2005 10:30 AM                     After doing some more measurements it also appears that the taper of the slots is very tight requireing the flat sides of the blade be parralell down the entire insertion to the slot rather than a taper this appears to be a problem only on older machines  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-15-2005 05:07 AM                     Try Beta Screwdrivers. They do the job without any modification  |  IP: Logged

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