Spacing between rewinds on a rewind bench?

[Jon Taala]

This may be a dumb question, but I'm new to editing physically on film so....

 

What is the standard length of space between film rewinds? I just bought a pair of moviola rewinds and I want to mount them, but I can't for the life of me find any information online on how far they should be spaced. I read from a source on ebay that the standard spacing is 33 inches apart but I don't know how credible that source was.

 

If anyone knows the standard spacing between rewinds, your help would be very much appreciated. Thanks!

[Bill DiPietra]

I had a rewind bench in my basement before it got wiped out by Hurricane Sandy. I forget the exact amount of space between them, but it was definitely less than 33". I'd say maybe 26". And I still had plenty of room to put the 4-gang synchronizer in-between them.

[David Mullen ASC]

Seems like it would be for whatever is comfortable for both arms to reach the reels...

[Bill DiPietra]

Yup. Pretty much whatever works. I'd take a look at some tables (in-person) to get a sense of what you may want. After all, the amount of space between the rewinds will be governed by the size of the table.

[Brian Drysdale]

The distance may depend on what your using them for. For example, you may want to have a synchronizer/viewer and a couple of bins in between, although David's limitation does tie in with any of the benches I've seen in cutting rooms.

[Simon Wyss]

30 inches