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[oldtinter]

It's printed on both. Once you've had it, it's hard to use the other, unmarked films.

[Guest metint]

It's printed on both.  Once you've had it, it's hard to use the other, unmarked films.  

[*]357567

Imagine getting use to something which eases any task makes difficult do it the old way...

Thanks for the input... on 'printed'.

[oldtinter]

Yeah..I get frustrated when using other films now, especially flat. I'm thinking...Where the hell is the stamp? and how much is left?

[Guest VOLTRON]

yea it sure as hell beats unrolling a box of film to see how much is left. Then u got to roll it back up again, only to have hair and carpet debrees all over it.

[tintslut]

surely one foot marks in 10 foot increments would ease measuring on liner side.

Even using an odometer style marking, recording beginning numbers will aid in lineal foot used.

[Guest metint]

Get up off the couch and turn that channel...

[Guest willie]

[darrin1]

yea it sure as hell beats unrolling a box of film to see how much is left. Then u got to roll it back up again, only to have hair and carpet debrees all over it.

[*]357629

or you could measure the film + core in 64th inch scale. subtract 5/64 for the core and the number will be accurate to within about 72 inches. there are conversion charts for different films. however, nothing could be easier than a metered liner. I've never had the pleasure.

[Guest metint]

Or you could just take an end cap off and eye it on the core...

Once was doing a job for another shop and a friend needed some Ti 150... the person I was doing the job for had some and wanted me to unroll it for her and measure... I said, 'Why, you've got about 30 feet left on the roll (looking at it with end cap removed)... No she says, I want to know exactly so I don't cheat myself...

28 feet left by tape measure! Should have sold it at 30 feet...

Or you can keep your mathematics up to par by tracking the number and length of pulls made, add them together and subtract it from 1200 inches...

[oldtinter]

Or screw all that nonsense and buy film from Hanita.