today i took it easy, caught up on a few bits in the film room and decided to have another go with the 16mm CIR.
Reading the instructions on cleaning it looked easy so thats what i decided to do.
I did already have a practice with it so before cleaning i had another go, being fussy i wasn't too happy with one of the holes being punched.
I undid the big knobby thing, pulled out that rod, which incidentally was very simple, i was expecting it to be stuck like Stuarts was.
What i didnt expect to see was this much muck


Do you think this has ever been cleaned before?
A good hour later it all went back together, i did a quick splice and all is perfect. Like new again.

sod it, ive done it again!!!!!

can this be moved to 16mm talk please. sorry chaps.

Oh, wow! That was some dirt :-) I moved the thread now :-)

That is amazing Tom. I think I need to do the same with mine now. The shaft seemed quite stiff, so maybe i'll have another look tomorrow. If I can do it, I'll report on mine. There was enough dirt there to grow a row of potatoes.

at a guess id say it hasn't been used for years prior to me having it. i had to use a modellers scalpel and a cleaner fluid to get all out, it really was wedged in there, also right down the side of the cutting blade. i'm surprised it actually made any perforations at all.

I cleaned my CIR splicer this morning; the shaft was a bit stiff, but it was easier when the handle was pressed down. As you can see from the photo, there was no dirt really to speak off. I gave it a good clean, then cleaned the shaft, which had sticky grease on it; put a fine coating of sewing machine oil on it, and re-assembled. It was a good exercise; and only tried it because of Tom's post. It's important to know how to maintain our equipment.

Thanks Robert, that looks better, and how it should be to.
Which reminds me, i must get some of that oil.

This was the before pic Tom; there wasn't really anything to do, but I went over it with a rough sponge. It was you making the effort to take yours apart that got me to do the same. Thanks.