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followers that look like white bullets. One follower controls
the in-and-out claw movement for super 8; the other follower
controls the in-and-out claw movement for regular 8. If
you're working on a projector that just accepts super 8,
there's only one follower.
The followers provide critical adjustments—the length of a
follower controls the depth of claw engagement. The
followers in a particular projector may be different in
length—as well as different from the followers in another
projector. It's therefore critical that you return the follow-
ers to their original positions.
Here's one technique you can use—mark one of the follow-
ers. It doesn't matter which follower you mark as long as you
know and remember. As a rule, we mark the super-8 fol-
lower shown in Fig. D43 with a red marker. During Adjust-
ments and Tests, you'll see that you can remove and replace
the followers with the mechanism installed in the projector.
The super-8 follower is then closer to the top—and closer to
you—as viewed from the bottom of the projector.
5. Lift the follower arms slightly and remove the followers.
T IP: Here's one place the hemostat (described in the tool
section) comes in handy. Clamp the hemostat on a
KEY-SHAPED PLATE
STILL-FRAME LEVER
FIG. D44 Lamp chamber at the front of the
projector.
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RADIATION SHIELD
HEAT-ABSORBING FILTER
REGULAR-8 FOLLOWER
FIG. D42 Cam assembly.
FIG. D43 Marking the super-8 follower with a
felt-tip pen.
follower before you lift the follower arm. Then lift the
follower arm only as far as necessary to remove the follower.
Using the hemostat helps prevent loss of the followers—
especially if you're removing and replacing the followers
with the cam-shaft assembly installed in the projector.
6. From the front of the projector, remove the radiation
shield (the plate with the heat-absorbing filter, Fig. D44.
Depending on the projector, there may be one screw or two
screws holding the radiation shield. Some projectors have the
key-shaped support plate shown in Fig. D44 under one
screw.
7. Loosen the screw holding the spring clamp for the shutter-
drive-shaft bearing shown in Fig. D46. Shift the spring
clamp away from the top of the shutter-drive-shaft bearing.
SUPER-8 FOLLOWER