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Author Topic: Strong Platter Motors Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 10-02-2002 01:01 AM                     You are right on that one about heading to the bar. Jeeze, we are doing this faster than I can keep up with... I never worry too much about running at 100% on make-up. I supply a little back tension to keep things from whipping. Those felt pads in most of the MUTs seem to leave alot to be desired..... But the key is still, bring it up gradually - just like a printing press so the film is not being strangled.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 10-02-2002 01:03 AM                        Well since this thing is under warranty for a year, I'll give it a few more weeks. In the meantime, I'll go ahead and turn the natural gas blower back on and put the bucket full of wet rags soaked in gasoline back under the motor. Thanks!  |  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 10-02-2002 01:05 AM                        Watch out for FujiFilm, it might spark and kill you! By the way, I've had a gas leak in a booth... it's no fun when the guy from the gas company is too interested in the projection equipment to fix the leak.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 10-02-2002 01:10 AM                     But Joe, it might go Then the warrenty is void...  |  IP: Logged Wes Hughes Expert Film Handler Posts: 175 From: Raleigh, NC, USA Registered: Aug 2001 posted 10-02-2002 02:02 PM                     I think that anytime you have a tensioning device (as Strong MUTs have) you should use it. When I am building or breaking a programme I will run things very fast...as long as the tension roller doesn't bottom out (and the hub stays seated, and the whole stack doesn't wobble) i'll keep the speed up. I don't allow my other operators to run at full speed however Question: do any of you have MUTs with plastic ball bearing races? They suck on the MUTs, but are fine (although noisy) on the slower platter stack rollers. Order rollers with sealed ball bearings.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-02-2002 02:05 PM                     All new MUT's should be comming in with the metal bearings in the rollers these days. Those plastic rollers were a disaster! Mark @ CLACO  |  IP: Logged Rick Long Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 759 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Nov 1999 posted 09-18-2003 11:24 PM                     Brining this one back with a question. How often (in hours, if possible) should one expect new brushes on a Strong platter motor to last? I know that, in most cases, the top and centre decks are used much more often than the bottom decks, so these would obviously be the first to wear. In the good old days, the union projectionists used to take care of this task for us. I used to notice them doing it and thot "Jeeze, that looks like a dirty job" Well, now it is MY dirty job. P.S. What does the number "19" or "61" if you hold it the other way, on the brush indicate, the hardness of the carbon?  |  IP: Logged

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