Moviola / Ediquip 35/16mm Multi-Format Film Rewinds w/Thumbscrew Clamps

Description

2 35mm Moviola/Ediquip Rewinds - One with Tension Screw & Set of Thumbscrew Clamps for use with 16mm
These are 35mm Rewinds with Thumbscrew Clamps for 16mm.  They have the standard round shaft with Flip-over end.
On the feed rewind (Left if you are right handed) a Tension Screw for control.  Now on the take-up rewind (Right) YOU are the tension adjustment....  You don't need a tension screw on the Right hand reel.  If you were to accidentally leave it engaged, you would end up working against it - Kind of like driving  your car with the emergency brake on.   For viewing film, the full reel is on the feed (left) rewind with the film going under - sprockets away from you.  For rewinding, the full reel starts on the Left rewind with the film going over the top, and your gloved Left hand holding the film against the back edge of the take up reel for an even - somewhat tight wind.  This way you are always using your strongest arm to do the work.  If your wind is loose - the film can "cinch" and scratch.
These Rewinds are the Large - Professional size with 10 inches from Shaft to Bench.  They will take up to a 19 1/2 inch reel - Roughly 2,000 feet.  I'm an Editor - so these are complete and ready to work.  The Tension screw is complete with spring & brake cylinder.   I
oiled the bearings & greased the gears. These are in good working condition and good Cosmetic Condition.
Film reels should always be stored vertically - never horizontally as the weight of a stack of reels can break off edges of film that are sticking out.   In fact - you never want to stack reels of film horizontally - so buy a film rack for Vertical Storage - or build one out of 2x2" wood rails held about 6 inches apart.
I ship these in a USPS Priority Large Flat rate box usually with the handles and/or shafts removed.
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And a little History.
“Iwan Serrurier started his Moviola company in 1917 to build a home movie viewer. The name was a copy of Victrola
since he thought his invention would do for home movie viewing what the Victrola did for home music listening. But the machine cost 0 in 1920 (that’s over ,000 in today’s dollars), so not many sales. An editor at the Studios of Douglas Fairbanks
suggested that Iwan should adapt the device for use by film editors. Serrurier did this and the Moviola as an editing device was born in 1924 with the first Moviola being sold to Douglas Fairbanks himself. All of the Major Studios jumped on board, and his invention was an immediate success.  A full line of Editing Equipment followed.
In 1966 Moviola Corporation. was sold to Magnasync Corporation (a subsidiary of Craig Corporation) of North Hollywood for million. The new name was Magnasync/Moviola Corporation. The new management immediately tripled its production and earned back its purchase price within 2 years.  Competitors sprang up.  Ediquip copied the equipment with excellent quality, and painted it Moviola Green, and was promptly sued by Moviola.  By the time the lawsuit was settled, the industry was fading, and Ediquip ended up buying both Moviola & Precision for Sound Equipment, adopting Moviola as the surviving name. In the transition period you are likely to find Moviola, Precision, and Ediqup equipment branded under any of those names.  Ediquip wasn’t the only company to copy Moviola – Japanese Company Takita also marketed vey similar equipment – many of the parts interchangeable just like Ediquip….
HFC - Hollywood Film Company also made excellent rewinds - but the parts are not interchangeable with any of the Moviola brands.  Moviola Company. was sold to J&R Film Corporation in 1984.  They are not supporting any of the older film equipment.
(Thanks to Wikipedia for the basics in this History.)