DS8 perforator

[David M. Leugers]

Another concern would be that the unit looks to use a drum type of perforator. This type of design has been known to cause registration problems, but that doesn't mean this unit could not produce steady images.
I would just be a little surprised. The one row of 16mm perfs is a deal killer
for me...

[aj]

Drum type perforators are what they use in factories when they need to produce kilometers of film. Like Kodak. Only the drum is bit bigger

[David M. Leugers]

Drum type perforators are what they use in factories when they need to produce kilometers of film. Like Kodak. Only the drum is bit bigger

hmmm... interesting, but do you know that for a fact, having seen it yourself, or were you told about it by someone? No attempt at offense, I just would like to know because everything I have run across about perfing film points to a pin-registered stamp and die arrangement. Lenny Lipton wrote about this years ago. About five or six years ago I looked into if any company made perfing equipment and I found one in Europe that made stamps and dies which they claimed Kodak was a customer. I couldn't afford to get into it. This is just my curiosity getting the better of me. If a drum could be made to produce the needed quality that would certainly be the easiest and fastest method for sure.