Ediquip Moviola - Multi-Format Film Rewinds for 16mm-35mm-8mm-Super 8 - Serviced

One-Size-Fits-All Multi-Format Classic Ediquip Rewinds.   Auction is for a set of 2 with Thumbscrew clamps & Super-8 Adapters.

I got tired of frequently re-configuring my editing bench for different film formats – so I came up with a concept that covers them all.  16mm and 35mm reels fit perfectly.  8mm fits the shaft, but the drive key on the shaft is too large for the small slot on the reel – but the Thumbscrew clamp with rubber pad pushes the reel against the key – holding it in place.  For Super-8, the shaft is smaller than the hole in the reel – but there are reel adapters to match the 8mm normal shaft size – so again, the thumbscrew clamp with rubber pad holds the reel against the larger drive key.  And I’m including a set of the Super-8 reel adapters - More are available elsewhere on eBay.  Everything fits this one set of rewinds.  Photos show reels to demonstrate the concept - The Reels are not included.

On the feed rewind - there is a tension adjustment screw with spring loaded brake cylinder.  On the take-up rewind - YOU are the tension adjustment....  You don't really want a tension screw on the right hand reel.  If you accidentally leave it engaged, you are working against it - Kind of like driving  your car with the emergency brake on.   If you are Right Handed - the tension screw goes on the Left Rewind, and all operations start with the full reel on the left rewind.  For viewing the film goes under with the sprockets away from you and tension is controlled by the tension screw.  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 front edge of the take up reel for an even - somewhat tight wind.  Film reels should always be stored vertically - never horizontally as the weight of a stack of reels can break off edges film sticking out. I included some photos to show the One-Size-Fits-All concept - The reels are not included. 

The key to the enhanced usefulness is the set of Spring Clamps.  They are hard to find - and costly.  They are included.  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.  I oiled the bearings & greased the gears. These are in excellent working condition.  I include an article I wrote on how to set up your editing bench.

Cosmetic:    A

Mechanical: A

Wear:           Low

Notes:          Features Thumbscrew Clamps with Rubber Pad & Super-8 Adapters

I ship these in a large Priority box usually with the handles and/or shafts removed.  I can do International USPS Priority. 

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 $600 in 1920 (that’s over $20,000 in today’s dollars), so not many sales. An editor at Douglas Fairbanks Studios 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 Co. was sold to Magnasync Corporation (a subsidiary of Craig Corporation) of North Hollywood for $3 million. The new name was Magnasync/Moviola Corp. 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 promply 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, adoping 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 Co. was sold to J&R Film Co., Inc. in 1984.  They are not supporting any of the older film equipment – but are supporting & teaching Video Editing Technology.  (Thanks to Wikipedia for the basics in this History.)