Perforation of 8mm Film - a DIY machine?

[KarelRysan]

16mm strip already cut in half - 8mm strips... but no perforation.

What/how to do it?

thanks for advice

Karel

 

[Benutzername]

Hi!

 

There‘s no answer as this seems to be impossible as a DIY project:

Required precision would be a fraction of a millimeter.

Perforation would have to be done in complete darkness (unless only using orthochromatic films).

You would need a completely dust free room. (Otherwise the film would attract the dust. This would ruin the film and later the camera and the processing chemicals.)

You would need to ensure that the cut-outs don’t stick to the film. (Otherwise: see dust)

Room: Even though professional devices for other formats are relatively small (=size of two sewing machines), all known devices for 8mm are relatively large (size of one or two refrigerators).

 

I know that devices like in the below video exist and look like DIY projects. But they are only old and have been expensive high precision tools when new. E.g. the device in the below video is from the British film distributor „Walton“ and most likely got phased out in the 1950s or 1960s.

 

If you want to try it nevertheless: the CIR splicers are the only cheap devices that I know of that punch perforation holes…

 

Good luck!