Jobo Reels Hard to load?

Is it me or are the white Jobo adjustable reels difficult to load

with 120 film? I never had a problem (except the first couple of

times) loading the paterson plastic reels, but man I am struggling

with the Jobo ones. I tried a couple of different ones, and I am

having the same problem. Took me a 1/2 hour to load one reel today,

it keeps getting stuck. Yesterday was the same. The reels are used,

but they look fine and they are dry. Anyone else having this

problem?

I have no trouble with 120 film and the Jobo reels. I make sure they are dry and also cut the corners fo the end that I am feeding in. Have you used a bad roll to load in the light and see what the hang up is?

The tiniest amount of moisture will cause sticking with the plastic reels. The suggestion to trim the corners also helps.

White? is that the small 1500 reels? Or the older 2500 reels? I use the black 2502 reels and they're easy to load. Putting two rolls on the reels isn't that hard either.

I find the jobo reels fairly easy to load, but I also learned to load 120 onto cheap stainless reels, which in my experience were are nearly useless (I do like the hews 120 reels quit a bit though). It took me loading them in the light a few times to get the hang of it.

 

Peter

Dear Andrew,

 

Don't feel bad. I think the Jobo reels are much harder to load than any other plastic reel I've tried. You will get the hang of it.

 

Neal Wydra

I always have a problem loading 120 film on my Jobo reel. It jumps off the track a few

times.

I have also had trouble with my white plastic reel that came with the 1520, even when it's bone dry and I always trim the leading edge corners. So I sacrificed a roll and tried loading it in the light. It's kind of hard to describe, but if you look at each of the spirals, you will see there are radial ribs that support the spiral; in one of the 8 sections between the ribs the spiral is different. It projects inward for some reason. Often as not, one of the leading corners of the film hangs up on that projection as it's trying to get past. If you cut the leading corners at 45 degrees it will frequently hang up, no matter whether you take tiny chunks or big ones (it's worse with big ones). If you don't trim the corners at all it may be okay and then hang up on any of the other radial ribs. What I have found seems to work pretty well is to cut the corners at a very shallow angle (maybe 15 degrees) to the WIDTH direction, so that the end of the film is almost straight across.

Do the Jobo stainless steel reels fit into the Jobo 1500 series tanks?

Cut the corners of the leading edge of the film so it doesn`t get cought going on.

 

Keep wetting agents like photo flow away from the plastic or it gets sticky and the film will not slide properly.

Never had a problem loading 120, 220, or 35mm film with the Jobo adjustable reel for 2500 series thanks. Never.

In addition to some of the trimming ideas posted, bend the end of the film back a bit. Don't crease it, just undo some of the curl. Try it a few times and you'll get the hang of it. This works for both 35mm and 120/220. I find 220 the toughest to load because it takes a tighter set on its spool and the film base is thinnner.

I will second Henry's responce.

Bend the film back so that the curl is gone from the leading couple of inches.

just last night a had a real bad time trying to loaad hp5 35mm on a jobo reel.

funny thing is that agfa apx loads very easely.