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Author Topic: Anyone ever seen a XeTron Loop-Matic? Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 08-07-2004 02:55 PM                     Send me a copy of the MiniDV tape and we'll chop it down here.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 08-08-2004 01:00 AM                       Good man, Vernon! I've waited to see this for years!  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 08-08-2004 07:57 PM                    Film-Guard and Loop-Matics! It'll revolutionize the business!  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-09-2004 07:10 AM                        I think that Steve should get one of these for his screening room. Then we could hold the next F-T gathering there.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 08-09-2004 07:57 AM                    Wouldn't help my line of work but I could probably sell tickets for people to watch it change ends. I know I'd pay a buck or two to see that. The one flaw in the Loop-Matic + Film Guard theory of completely labor-free projection would be the media cleaner. Can we do an endless loop on the media too? How about it pass through a tiny washing machine & dryer and then get FG reapplied?  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 08-09-2004 07:51 PM                        No problem there Steve. Just use a 3000' roll of media instead of cutting it into short lengths.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 08-09-2004 08:16 PM                    How many runs does that get you? I rather like the idea of the tiny washing machine. It would be the size of a breadmaker.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 08-09-2004 08:25 PM                        It'd be enough for the week, at least.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 08-09-2004 08:52 PM                    That's too much expensive (!) labor. Needs to be able to go a few weeks if the print doesn't move.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-09-2004 10:09 PM                     Aww! C'Mon, guys! You mean to tell me that nobody has thought of inventing the Loopmatic Media Cleaner?!  |  IP: Logged Ron Yost Master Film Handler Posts: 344 From: Paso Robles, CA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 08-09-2004 10:33 PM                     It should be a mobius loop so it'll use both sides of the web. Ron Yost  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 08-09-2004 11:30 PM                    I bet you could redesign the Kelmar to do that. Quick, call the patent office!  |  IP: Logged Justin West Master Film Handler Posts: 271 From: Peoria, IL, USA Registered: Jul 2001 posted 10-24-2004 09:56 PM                     Here's a pic...as taken on a recent tour of Fred Schoenfeld's booth at the Commodore Theatre, Portsmouth, VA! Nice theatre he and his wife run! Don't expect Fred to part with this one...it is a cherished piece of equipment from his days at Xetron. BTW, note how the hubs are machined.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 10-24-2004 10:27 PM                      |  IP: Logged Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 10-25-2004 05:35 PM                     Cool, now why with a small machine like this did platters ever take the market?  |  IP: Logged

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