16 mm film on core

[superadio]

I came across quite much 16 mm (processed) film on a flee market. But the thing is, its not on reels, but core. I only have projector (Eiki) and my question is, what should I do next?

[Blue Audio Visual]

You need to find a 16mm split reel.

[Scotness]

Two actually - one to roll it onto first - at which time you'll have the end of the film facing out - and then another to roll back onto from there - so you get the start of the film facing out

Scot

[IShootR8]

I've received a number of films on cores. Split reels hardly ever show up on ebay and when they do they are rediculously overpriced in my opinion. I'm not recommending this, but I've done this quite a few times and never had a problem:

1. place an empty reel on table with a washer and small bolt thru the center hole so that the reel spins freely.

2. place the core on a thin sheet of cardboard secured (taped) to the table with a bolt and washer thru the the core and cardboard. Basically you don't want it to move except to freely rotate of course.

3. Here's the part some of you will scoff at: I took an electric drill and locked in a multi-bit screwdriver handle that had a round handle covered in rubber, I then positioned the take-up reel slightly over the table edge, held on to the bolt running thru it, then ran the drill with the rubber handle of the screwdriver against the reel's edge - not at full speed - after double checking to make sure everything will spin in the correct direction.

I did this with 16mm prints of TV shows, around 1200 feet each, when I bought a small collection off of ebay and they arrived on cores, and after I gave up looking for split reels. The first one I turned by hand, which as you can guess took a looooong time, so that's when I rigged up the drill/rubber handle thing.

Just beware that the film may be taped to the core so its best to stop short of running the film off the core.