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Author Topic: Mystery scratching please help.. Mike Kilianski Film Handler Posts: 10 From: Bayonne, NJ, USA Registered: Apr 2006 posted 06-04-2010 09:11 PM                     I have this problem that is driving myself and my manager insane. Recently one of my operators has scratched several prints in the same house. The scratch is a constant vertical line down the right side of the screen opposite the sound track. The scratching is only happening on this one auditorium and by the same operator. I did a theater check during both of our afternoon shows and the print was fine. On our most recent show the scratches appeared on the screen. This is leading me to believe that the scratching is happening somewhere after the film rides through the gate sometime during the take up process. I've also checked the threading on each show. I am baffled. We are running a refurbished Century SA head on a new big sky lamp house and big sky platter system. We have a basement led and a DTS reader. Our rollers seem to be in direct alignment and there is little to no dust build up (only by the intermittant). Anyone have any ideas on what I should look for? I have even switched out the brains from the whole deck with another auditoriums all together.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 06-04-2010 10:29 PM                     Are the scratches on the base or emulsion side? Are they black, green, or yellow? If you can provide pics of the set up with it threaded up that would help too.  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 06-05-2010 07:08 AM                     Yes, if you could post more details about the scratches, it would be helpful.  |  IP: Logged Kris Verhanneman Expert Film Handler Posts: 182 From: Belgium Registered: Dec 2009 posted 06-05-2010 09:03 AM                     Have a look around the soundhead. We once had a problem at that location.  |  IP: Logged Manny Montes Master Film Handler Posts: 270 From: United States Registered: Feb 2010 posted 06-06-2010 06:55 PM                     Without more information Its going to be simple guessing for now. I'll second the sound head guess, we had a problem here where the lateral guide clamp on the sound head broke and part of it was squeezing and scratching the right side of the picture. It a nice green scratch on the far right, if you're experiencing something similar I'd check it out. It was a quick fix  |  IP: Logged

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