bob fowler Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 I must have owned at least a dozen Unicolor Unidrums over the past 25+ years. I have <b><i>NEVER</i></b> had, much less seen, the elusive "spacer" until I did a Yahoo search this evening and found <a href="http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg? msg_id=005Lck">this post</a> from back in June of '03 by Jon. The problem then - what to make it from...<p> My wife has a musical instrument repair business (woodwinds), and because she has to cut a lot of cork, she has a number of drum "practice pads" around to use as a cutting surface. HA! The perfect material!!! <p> I used a scroll saw to slice a 1/4" thick slab from a pad that was about 3/4" thick. BTW - If you've never cut rubber with a scroll saw, you've missed an interesting - and character building - life experience. Using the jpeg file that Tim so unselfishly provided to Jon (who had the sense of community to share it with the world), I proceeded to duplicate the part with razor blades and hobby knives. The result, no more problems processing 4 sheets of 4X5 film in a Unidrum.<p> My next project is to build a shrine to those two gentlemen in my backyard... BTW - I owe you guys a beer, or two, or three... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louis_jensen1 Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 An alternative to the spacer is to bend over the corners of the two negatives that are together, about 1/16 inch (e.g. bend the upper left corner of the first and the upper right corner of the second). This prevents the negatives from sliding together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__jon__ Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Hi Bob, Wow, shrines AND beer... I'm game. Glad you got a good spacer. I had tried a couple other methods, but nothing worked well, and I didn't like bending the corners of the negatives. Having the pic helped a great deal... Much thanks to Tim. Next I'm trying to find a way to replace the cracked gasket in the sliding-plug end of the Unicolor six reel 35mm drum--looks like an o-ring may fit the bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob fowler Posted January 29, 2004 Author Share Posted January 29, 2004 Yup Jon, it was a fun project (OK, it wasn't THAT fun). The shrine construction has to wait until the foot of snow in the backyard melts down a bit... hehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__jon__ Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Here is a quick photo of one of my spacers. I used an X-acto knife and the material was hard rubber gasket material from my local hardware store.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob fowler Posted February 3, 2004 Author Share Posted February 3, 2004 OK, here's mine...<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__jon__ Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Unicolor printdrum spacer-fest... heehee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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