P.S. - your screening room with the Moshees is a real beauty! I would love to run a booth like that. You must have spent alot of time and money on that project. Job well done.

Paul

The squirrely rubber rollers were not much better. Even if those were kept clean, you could still see railroad track smudges on the emulsion side of the film after many runs of the print.

The solid rubber ones seemed to fare much better. All they left was a BIG WIDE railroad track.

Unfortunately, operators forget to clean the rollers and guide flanges on a regular basis.

Some of those scanner drums get really bad! Even Buzz-Track was all over the place...especially if the guide flanges and the scanner shaft bearings were less than perfect.

The scanner drum Josh and I did looked good when we finished. It was almost a basket case when we started, but now it has has a smooth (but not glossy) machined looking surface. I think it will be OK. It still had some small rust specks in it, but those will polish out eventually. I have seen some in service that look much worse that what he has now.

I forgot to take my micrometer and a run-out indicator with me, so I could not check it for "wooga wooga's" or other defects. It was a "fly-by-the-seat-of-the-pants" type of repair.

If for some reason it is out-of-round, there is a good machine shop in his area that could square it up for him without too much trouble. The only thing he might have to re-do is the sound focus.

Paul