David, Strong Mighty 90s used 10mm rotating positives, as well as 11mm. I think Futuras would go down to 10mm, too. There are probably others I'm missing, but those come to mind.

I don't recall ever seeing a 10mm copper-coated... 9mm was the largest (positive) copper-coated I know of.

Let's just say that I hate wearing protective gear, and I like to eat too much!

The old-timer who trained me was always reminding me to check the lamp exhaust flues, make sure the exhaust fan belt was in good shape, grease the fan bearings, clean caked on carbon dust off of the fan blades, etc. etc. His dad (also a projectionist) has died of 'lung complications' and always made ventlation a priority.

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how many old theatres still have asbestos curtains?

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(Sheesh, what a chore to copy n'paste.
What, disable the Backspace Key function next?)

Almost all old theaters with asbestos fire curtains still have them.

If you don't move them, the asbestos particles are not dislodged.

So theaters are saying they don't move them. Unfortunately, that means they're not testing the fire curtains if they're not moving them. Or, they're testing them, & not telling anyone.

Some lucky historic theaters will occasionally get huge grants & use part of the money to seal an old fire curtain. They're certainly in the lucky minority, though.

He said in the late 1950's the fire inspector made him "test" the fire curtian by cutting the rope and letting it go. It made a huge "BANG" when the bottom of it hit the stage. Dust went everywhere, probably asbestos dust. He said there was a really nice pattern printed on the fire curtian.

A two year part-time course was held by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology that was conducted in addition to full-time work as an assistant projectionist.

The exam was a full day! It included Projection Technology, Optics, AC, DC, Sound and practicle which included a spool of film full of out-of-frames, c/s and w/s backwards leaders etc. You encountered situations and had to deal with them whilst maintaining good presentation!

The government axed this licence in the late 1980's and the course was aboandoned at that time. We are now looking to emulate it in-house.

Yes, and it did contain questions on Carbons! I always had good performance from Westrex 14, Ashcraft Super Cinex and Corelite and Strong Futura 11.

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He and the inspector pulled on the rope to roll it back up. But with the two of them, they could only get it about 1/4 of the way back up. It was getting near showtime, and he finally ran out to the street and gave free passes to 3 more guys to help. The 5 of them finally got it back up

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The ones hung with the rope chopped with an axe were "dead hung" without counterweights. Pulling it back up is just like lifting, umm, a 40x20 or more slab of asbestos straight up.

I say test the thing. Remember the Iroquois.

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BTW, Gord, if you ever find that manual, don't forget me!

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