You can jam the end of a bic pen in there in a pinch. And if you melt the shaft of it you can bend it so that it works just like a rewind crank. Or maybe this doesn't fit in the safe category.
or you can 3D print one here. https://sixteenmillimeter.com/ They're wonderful but depending on the printing material they don't last so very long. Best, Lindsay On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 12:56 PM Karl Reinsalu <[email protected]> wrote: > If you have a change tent/bag, you can roll out the material and then hand > rewind from the take-up to the feed. > Granted, only do this IF you are OCD like myself and can get the loading > the exact same way each time and if the frame accuracy of the rewind is not > important (enough to care). > > OTHERWISE, do what we did back in the day for registration tests and > BEFORE you start shooting take of the lens, swing out that prism and make a > big old X using a sharpie marker on the film plane. NOW: when you reload in > the dark, you can advance the film with the lens OFF at a low frame rate > (or single pulses) until you "X" appears in the gate. > > Now all you gotta do is shoot something worth watching ;D > > GO! BE AWESOME! > K. (www.lift.ca) > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 3:41 PM Dave Tetzlaff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If you ask because you just don’t have a backwind key, they’re very easy >> to make. Just go to a hardware store and look for what iirc are called >> tension pins, cylindirical pins with a slot down the length. One size of >> these things, around ¼” iirc, fits perfectly into the drive socket on a >> Bolex. Then it’s just a matter of turning the pin, which you can do by >> grabbing it with pliers, or by attaching a knob to the shaft — the hw store >> probably will have one the fits and tightens with a set-screw. >> >> > Is there a workaround to (safely) backwinding a bolex without a key? >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> > > > -- > -- > Karl Reinsalu > e.mail: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >
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