Personally, I don't find the CFS to be that bad of a machine. True, if they used the old 1964 Dodge Dart breaker points, well, those were a disaster. But with the new retrofits that were available, they ran great!

The biggest problem with them was not the fault of the machine itself. Projectionists just did not understand how they worked. With any machine that uses the same basic principle, Projectionists might think if there is a pay-out problem, it is a pay-out problem, period. Not so....More often than not, it is a take-up problem that is causing the pay-out problem unless someone had a switch in the wrong position and fried a resistor inside the motor housing. Thus, they never seem to be able to fix the problem.

Paul, I have never seen the trailer flange pictured. Is it part of the table's spindle, or does it fit over the spindle like a regular trailer flange? So you wind trailers onto the flange, which is on the right-hand spindle, and they form a ring, which you can just drop into the print. Is that correct?

Yes, Strong's table is kinda small, and it is hard to work with a splicer, but you can wind 6000-to-6000 without modifying the table.

Ken, what you call the trailer flange is the table's spindle.

Yes, the Strong can handle 6,000 foot reels. That's what I like about them, and presently the ONLY thing I like about them.

But soon, my CFS tables will be able to handle them, too.

As far as the roller threading is concerned, too many parts to thread through = possible derailment and film scratches. Seen it happen too many times with too many airheads.

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Ken also asked:
So you wind trailers onto the flange, which is on the right-hand spindle, and they form a ring, which you can just drop into the print. Is that correct?

Ken, that is correct. But you might have to pull some or all the old trailers off so the new ones will fit. Again, an important note: Wind them sound track down...then flip them so the sound track is up when you drop them in the center and splice them to the head of the movie.
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Getting back to Adam's comment where he asked:

Paul, how did you plug the Super Platter MUT into the strong platters for build up? Or are you just breaking down that print? I can't tell.

Adam, that answer is this: Any time a film is being built up, the left-hand spindle is used. The right hand spindle is used only during tear-down. Be sure to release the drives on the platter motors. If you don't, you'll overload the MUT motor and blow a fuse. In addition to that, the drive belts on the actual platter motors will quickly fail.
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I guess most manufacturers assumed a booth comes with a make-up/inspection bench. Unfortunately, this is not true unless it is a hold-over from a manual carbon arc booth. As far as the make-up/inspection bench is concerned, they can be very expensive.

Personally, I prefer the old ones with the hand rewinds on them, along with the old Goldberg electric rewind.

I'll keep the coffee pot on for you.

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