<<< My big concern here is the surface of the rollers, I don't want any
damage to the film as it is going around. Gene Johnson
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In the Morse tank system, the film runs over two guide rollers
between the feed and takeup spools. Only the backside contacts the
rollers, therefore no damage to the emulsion. Very simple.
I suspect that there are still Morse tanks around and if someone
were to find one, I'm certain that a functional copy could be
reverse-engineered and produced in plastic on a small but still somewhat
expensive scale, probably around $800-1000 for the first few to defray
the costs of purchasing equipment for hot-gas welding of PVC and
learning how to use it. I, frankly, have no desire to re-invent the
automatic reversing mechanism that worked quite well and I have not seen
a Morse since I finished my hitch in the USAF in 1961. If detailed
photos and/or drawings can be provided, I could make a stab at it before
I retire from building ophthalmological research equipment sometime in
the next 2 years. bye, sid.
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