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Gordon McLeod
Film God

Posts: 9532
From: Toronto Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 99

posted 09-18-1999 06:32 PM

Dealing with portable the microcine was quite good as was the prevost portable
Veronese make a good double band one
Also there was the MP30's from india

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Bruce McGee
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1776
From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular.
Registered: Aug 1999

posted 09-18-1999 07:43 PM

My Holmes 8 dates from around 1940 or so... When I got it, it was painted grey, and still is. They made an almost identical "Educator" series that was black in color. The Educator that I have has a variable speed Bodine motor on it. It runs well.

Unfortunately, the Educator is a parts machine for my 8. It is using an original GE motor that dates to the years of 1939-1942. It is a regular split-phase 1/8 horsepower, 1725 rpm motor. If there was more room on the motor shaft, I would install a flywheel to slow down the start-up speed so there would be less strain on the film perfs.

Been lucky. After damaging a reel of a feature slightly, I have learned how to correctly thread the beast.

I have heard from several Holmes owners. I think there are more of them than lets on. I'd like to hear from others.

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Gordon McLeod
Film God

Posts: 9532
From: Toronto Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 99

posted 09-19-1999 07:43 PM

Ed McCormack who is now retired was the former head of Engineering for Odeon Theatres in Canada spent a good part of WW2 on the British Battle Wagon The Duke of York and he told me this Holmes story
He was standing in the mess on evening befor the training filmn was to be run and the holmes was sitting on the edge of the table during ruff seas and Ed cautioned the petty officer incharge that the machine might fall off. The officer told him to mind his station and sure enough a wave caught the ship and the holmes crashed to the steel deck and cracked the frame. The officer said rather dryly" thank goodness, that can now go over the side and we can get a BTH protable"

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Bruce McGee
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1776
From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular.
Registered: Aug 1999

posted 09-21-1999 08:08 AM

I like reading old Holmes horror stories.

My side-weave is stopped. I removed the shaft on the lateral guide roller without removing the actual rollers and spring. I installed a very thin washer that I found in the junk box on the operator side of the guide between the casting and the roller. Then I replaced the shaft. The 13 reeler was the first to run. R1 was enough. The edge is just out of the aperture frame now. Looks better. Also, the side weave is almost nil.

I Guess that a Holmes can look good, too.
Bruce

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Bill Carter
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 162
From: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 09-24-1999 01:21 PM

Marty Bahn did indeed pass away several years
ago. His shop was capable of fabricating any parts you might have needed, for virtually any machine. He also offered a line of products he manufactured.

I managed to track his daughter down by
telephone, who told me that his machine shop and heavy inventory had been liquidated very quickly. She was, at that time, looking for someone to take over Marty's line of high-gain screen paint, but she had no plans to continue offering any of Marty's products after the then-existing stock was gone.

Marty always seemed a very friendly guy, and was always very helpful to me.

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