Cut down #10 spools on a lathe. I'm in the process of building a film cutter to cut 9.5 exactly in half. When I do that I can get 2 good oversize leaders out of any leftover #10's. I just cut new leader 1mm oversize out of old #10 leader this morning. We'll try again soon. Also building some 'washers to center the 5" film on the spools so there's a tiny overlap of leader on each side. Plus I've got one of the black jackets for the 8X20 and I'll use it next time I load the "daylight" loads.Yeah Light leaks are tough with this camera and home spooling. I've had the same issue. Cutting the leader as accurately as you can helps. What did you do for spools?
Can you help me out with the plasic idea. Where do you get the paper thin opaque plastic. Great idea as I am already concerned when the old Kodak paper is all beat up.I've been cutting down spools on the lathe as well. I use black plastic for leader now It works well.
At one point I got some pre spooled #10 film from stanley stern. He did it that way, but I was skeptical. Nonetheless I tried it and it works well.
Oh, and John, I have 2 #5's built on the same day, 2 serial numbers apart, both fantastic, so one of them should hit the market soon
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