[Leica] cassettes reloading and etc

[wharting at verizon.net (bill harting)]

Ah yes, c. I'm beginning to think that I do not have a Watson. I looked up
loaders in some old catalogs I have from the 60s and 70s, when I acquired
this loader from an indigent BU student, and they don't have pictures. And
my loader does not have any little turning mechanism. I might well try to
manually replicate your instructions. I learn something every day. Well,
maybe every few days. OTOH maybe I am forgetting what I've learned...

bill h


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Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 7:36 PM
Subject: [Leica] cassettes reloading and etc


> the watson loader   actually has little holes in the inside of the knob
end
> where you can engage the knob on the leica cassette and close the gate
while
> the whole cassette is in the loader.
>
> Insert whole cassette into loader, trim a point onto the film and insert
it
> into the spool of the open cassette, close bulk loader lid, wind film onto
> cassette, turn outer knob of loader to close gate on caseette, open loader
and
> take cassette out.
>
> do this in dim light -- sometimes the casette gate doesn't close all the
way
> and you get a little fogging if urnot careful.
>
> c trentelman
> In a message dated 7/16/04 8:56:16 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org writes:
>
>
> >
> > Hi Feli,
> >
> > I load Leica cassettes using something called The Daylight Bulk Film
> > Winder -- I think it is a Watson -- without difficulty. Trim a point for
the
> > spool, close the loader door, turn off the lights and wind it 27 or 28
> > turns. Then take the spool out and tighten the film, and slip it into
the
> > cassettes. Before turning on the lights I pull out the tongue of what I
will
> > trim into a leader and turn the cassette to close it. Its quicker and
easier
> > than it sounds.
> >
> > bill
> >
> >
>
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