Sharp spot on film rails.

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• May 23, 2015

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I'm finishing up on my Olympus Wide-S. One thing I notced is a sharp 'burr' on the film rail. I am worried that the film will get scratched. What is the best way to smooth it out?

 

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• May 23, 2015

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A kitchen knife would be my first go-to tool. Keep in mind that the film's imaging area shouldn't be in the film rail path, that's just where the sprocket hole part of the film runs. You might want to ck the black, flat areas on either side of the film chamber opening for any nicks, as that is in the film image area, but they're probably fine.

 

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• May 23, 2015

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Ah thats a good point. Duh! I still dont like the idea that something could be catching it. But now I am less worried about bungling it up =]

 

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• May 23, 2015

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Ignore it is fixing something that is not broke.

 

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• May 25, 2015

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^ this. Sand it off carefully and tape/block off the other parts so you don't get debris spread around. Take a look at a test roll of film being pulled over it and see if it even effects the sprockets. Id sand it off just in case any little bits of film get scraped off into the camera which has a tiny but possible chance to jam it over time.

 

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• May 25, 2015

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If you have sharp edges it does show on the film but it is out of normal gate/frame.

It may indeed create emulsion dust but cameras are full of dust.

Sover Wong will fit foam to a F2 just to minimise dust.

If you damage a sprocket hole at end of film you get rather large particles everywhere...

Cleaning internally is not unreasonable but refinishing may well create worse problems.