[Leica] Retrieving a leader

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Hell, I used to just rip the casset apart in the dark room and load the film 
on the reels in the dark.  Why mess with the film leader?  ;-)

Gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>
>
> 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
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> 
> -----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!
> > :)
> >
> 
> 
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