Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/27

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Subject: [Leica] Anyone out there load cassettes from bulk film?
From: dstella1 at ameritech.net (Dante Stella)
Date: Wed Sep 27 18:57:47 2006
References: <000f01c6e238$495dfc60$35510b44@newukolbqveo9i>

There's a half-inch Scotch masking tape that works pretty well.  Give  
it an inch on either side (but not enough to get into the film gate).

On Sep 27, 2006, at 9:24 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> I used to load my own Plus X in the late 1960's, but cooled off on  
> it when I
> had problems with the damned film ends coming untaped at the end of  
> the
> roll. I had to keep a changing bag in my trunk, and then take the  
> film out
> of the bag in my darkroom. The tape that Kodak, Ilford, etc. use to  
> affix
> the film to the spool is tenacious as hell. Anyone have a  
> suggestion of what
> I should use? I have a feeling that "duct tape" is going to enter the
> conversation.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>
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In reply to: Message from jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Anyone out there load cassettes from bulk film?)