J.S Splicing.

Splicing is where you join lengths of photographic film together. Usually used in motion pictures. Splicers join parts of film together, both negative and positive print film can be spliced together.  There are four types of different splicers.

• Tape splicers - Tape splicers join film using clear tape. This splicer works with all types of film such as acetate, Mylar and polyester.

• Ultrasonic splicers - An ultrasonic film splicer splices polyester film easier than any other. Ultrasonic splicing can now be done professionally and easily with strong results.

• Thermal paper splicers - Thermal paper splicers are used to join film into large rolls before processing it. The tabs are usually printed with bar codes on to identify the film after it's been processed.

• Cement splicers -  Cement splicers can also be used to repair and restore things as well as being used with negative film as the film is chemically welded so it makes an invisible bond. This splicer joins film together using glue. Cement splicers can also be used to repair and restore things as well. It looks like quite a tricky and time consuming.