Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry, translated to pedantic Engineer speak, that would be the keyed centre shaft of the rotating film spool that engages the film advance mechanism. Sheesh ;-) Alternatively, Yama might have tried the classic approach beloved by visiting alien ambassadors "Take me to your leader" Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: [Leica] Retrieving a leader Yama, All very well and good, until I got to where you "twisted the little screw on the top of the--- cassette" WHAT SCREW? I don't see any screw on any of my cassettes. A puzzlement ! :-( Jerry Yama Nawabi wrote: > Hello everyone, > > A while back I was experimenting with rewinding a roll...but not > completely (I wanted to keep the leader outside of the cassette). I > failed, and accidently rewound the film the entire way. I think it's > been a good month and that roll of Tri-x @ 2000 w/ 22 frames had been > sitting on my desk until I had recently stumbled upon a genius way to > retrieve the leader without any 15$ metal tool. > > What i had done was take a piece of film that had been left over from > when I developed another roll, licked it, sticked it inside the > cassette as far as it could go and then I twisted the little screw on > the top of the fully rewound cassette until it wouldnt go any further. > I pulled out the piece of film that I had licked, and guess what had > come out with it! The leader! > > I was so excited.. this opens up the possibility of rewinding my films > and then putting in different speed films in the middle of a roll. > > > I swear, learning film was one of the best things that I have done for > myself. I had read for countless hours for months now, and the feeling > of self-fulfilment makes me feel so happy with myself. > > Anyway, I have 3 rolls coming up within the next week or so, I'll keep > you guys posted! > :) > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information