{"id":1295,"date":"2022-08-12T10:09:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T17:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/?p=1295"},"modified":"2022-08-12T10:19:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T17:19:20","slug":"hand-cranked-for-the-first-time-in-decades-mitchell-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/12\/hand-cranked-for-the-first-time-in-decades-mitchell-46\/","title":{"rendered":"Hand-Cranked for the First Time in Decades: Mitchell 46"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With many of the significant hurdles overcome, it was finally time to rough assemble Mitchell 46, put a hand crank on it, and hope that all my work would pay off. Mitchell Standard and GC cameras rely on three gears to control the overall camera timing. These gears keep the film that is being fed from the magazine to the camera in time with the sprocket, as well as holding the sprocket and the movement in time with the shutter. As you look at the hand-crank side of a Mitchell Standard, in the upper left hand corner you will find the 1:1 drive shaft. This drive shaft does three things: It drives the magazine take-up belt clutch. It drives the main shutter shaft, and it lines up with timing marks on the bull gear that also line up with timing marks on the movement. So it\u2019s important!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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