Thanks for your (usual) great advice John. What I meant was I had only
enough leader advanced to get into into the take-up spool slots and have
the bottom sprocket HOLES engaged. I suspect that because the film was not
held exactly in position by the top holes, the pressure plate/guides and
because the whole width was not into the take-up spool slot, it rode up
over the sprockets as the shaft rotated.
Anyway it was fine when I rethreaded.
best regds
Jez
"John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>@Zuiko.sls.bc.ca on 17-04-2003 01:50:32
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Subject: Re: [OM] Aaaargh - I did it...
What do you mean by top & bottom sprockets? Between the film plane opening
and the take-up spool there is the sprocket shaft, one sprocket, turning as
one, to pull the film. The metal inner shaft disengages from the outer
plastic part to allow film to be rewound, when you've finished the roll.
When you wind the shutter for the first time when loading a fresh roll, the
metal interior part snaps back into position and the sprocket turns. If
the
clutch on the take-up spool is bad, film will slip on the sprockets (you'll
hear it clicking) and frames will overlap.
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