If you need film spools for old cameras......

[Asha]

.....give me a shout.



All sorts of format:

828 ( only one of)

127

Ensign E29 (only one of)

620

616 /116 (I think that's what they are, along with one about an inch longer with the same flange diameter.)

120 metal ( if you prefer metal to plastic!) and a couple of spools, same flange diameter but about 1/4 inch longer


Best bet, if you need an obscure film spool, drop me a line and see if i can help you out.

We can sort a classifieds or freebie thread as required.

 

[RaglanSurf]

Are 620 the same width as 120 just a narrower centre core?

 

[Asha]

Are 620 the same width as 120 just a narrower centre core?

The flanges of the 620 are a smaller diameter as well as the centre core being narrower.

However the length of the 620 spool is identical to a 120.

Generally a 620 spool will work in a 120 format camera but not vice versa as the larger flanges won't fit in the film / take up spool recesses

 

[steveo_mcg]

You can always butcher a 120 spool to make it fit a 620 camera or you can attempt to reload it in a dark bag, not an easy task but not impossible.

 

[Asha]

You can always butcher a 120 spool to make it fit a 620 camera or you can attempt to reload it in a dark bag, not an easy task but not impossible.

I bought some "620" film years ago.
The seller stated that the film had been respooled from 120 spools onto 620 spools.
This wasn't the case, the film had been respooled onto butchered 120 spools.
Now this wouldn't have posed me an issue except that when I came to use the said film in a folder, the film gradually became more and more difficult to wind on, eventually refusing to move at approx frame 5
Turns out that the butchered spools had flanges that were not perfectly circular and thus the "angled" edges from the cutting of the flange, were jamming in the film recess.
I was not a happy bunny.
Obviously if the 120 spools are cut/filed down correctly then yes they will work fine although using the correct tool ( spool) for the job has got to be the best method i thinks


Reloading 120 film from it's original spool onto a 620 spool in a changing bag is a doddle......just be sure to spool it onto another 120 spool first then onto the 620 spool otherwise the end of the film will be at the beginning!

 

[RaglanSurf]

I'll take a spool or two if have them spare, happy to be a hub for stuff if it would help other folk and save on postage.

 

[Asha]

I'll take a spool or two if have them spare, happy to be a hub for stuff if it would help other folk and save on postage.

PM me your postal address Nick


As for being a hub for other folk, I'll check tarifs / weights at the P.O as a spool or two in a jiffy bag will go as letter tarif, but the fees very quickly change to small parcel depending on weight /size.

 

[RaglanSurf]

PM me your postal address Nick


As for being a hub for other folk, I'll check tarifs / weights at the P.O as a spool or two in a jiffy bag will go as letter tarif, but the fees very quickly change to small parcel depending on weight /size.

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