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Author Topic: Projectionist's List of things to remember. Steve Beverly Film Handler Posts: 83 From: El Paso, Tx., Registered: Nov 2007 posted 12-30-2007 11:37 PM                     Has anyone heard of or read this book: BKSTS Projectionist's Training Manual and I actually found this site which is interesting: www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/index.php [ 12-31-2007, 12:43 AM: Message edited by: Steve Beverly ]  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-06-2008 05:24 PM                       Yes, I have it. The SMPTE published a similar title in the late 60s: "The Motion Picture Projection and Presentation Manual."  |  IP: Logged Ed Alvarado Film Handler Posts: 60 From: Fort Worth, TX,usa Registered: Oct 2004 posted 01-10-2008 03:12 AM                        now I just started to work as a projectionist and this theater is using those terrible platters i dont know the name of the company but it says something like DRIVE-IN but they suck but what i wanted to ask is should the projectionist be using alcohol?? last time i checked i heard those jack up the gears in the centry heads?  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 01-10-2008 03:21 AM                     quote: Ed Alvarado something like DRIVE-IN but they suck but what I wanted to ask is should the projectionist be using alcohol?? last time I checked I heard those jack up the gears in the centry heads? Those are SPECO LP-270 Platters (DRIVE-In was the old name for them..Actually, those are excellent platters if one knows how to take care of them.. with cleaning, adjustments, et.al. ..) No, no alcohol in the gear side of the heads. Just use the Century Grease to lube those gears. If you need to clean the operation side of the Century head, one can use window cleaner and just soak up the rag first with the cleaner before wiping down the inside.  |  IP: Logged Ed Alvarado Film Handler Posts: 60 From: Fort Worth, TX,usa Registered: Oct 2004 posted 01-11-2008 02:03 AM                        HA thanks so you should never use alcohol?? and why is that??  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 01-11-2008 02:18 AM                     Big issue with alcohol is the flammable content of this substance and is a huge liability concern for theatre owners that have strict insurance procedures, plus being a toxic agent as well if handled incorrectly, esp. if one uses ethanol. If you sprayed any form of alcohol around the machine where sparks and heat could be present, along with the alcohol mist, you've got quite the possible alcohol flash - why if you use alcohol, extreme care has to be in control at all times.  |  IP: Logged Ed Alvarado Film Handler Posts: 60 From: Fort Worth, TX,usa Registered: Oct 2004 posted 01-11-2008 02:25 AM                        hmm but does it have any major effect on the aperature plate or sprockets?? and hey man thanks for giving the name of the speco lp-270 now i printed the manuel so thanks FILM-TECH. but hey you know what your right after thiking about the platters i do have to say that its an awsome platter i just wish i could fix some problems im having with the platters.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 01-11-2008 02:33 AM                     quote: Ed Alvarado hmm but does it have any major effect on the aperature plate or sprockets Nope. Just shoot some alcohol on a rag and wipe them down to get the sprockets cleaned. On the aperture plate, a cuetip works great soaked in alcohol and wipe out the opening(s) - just to make sure that you don't leave "cotton stringers" clinging around the edges of the openings. (Side topic here on the LP-270's: that reed switch under the deck: the magnet that swings over the reed switch can be adjusted so the payout can be made more sensitive by loosening up the screw that holds that magnet - to make that adjustment. Motor pucks - loosen up the two allen screws and one can raise that motor puck sleeve up on the motor shaft so the edge of the deck will have new rubber on the puck to run on. Big issue with the control box is that plug-in diode, for if that diode shorts out, you'll be blowing fuses like nobody's business down in the base. Otherwise, they're a great deck to work with..) Good luck - Monte  |  IP: Logged Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 01-11-2008 07:43 PM                     quote: Ed Alvarado so you should never use alcohol?? and why is that?? So you don't become an alcoholic.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 01-12-2008 12:19 AM                      |  IP: Logged Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 01-12-2008 01:33 AM                     Don't look so confused, Monte! It was a joke.  |  IP: Logged Steve Beverly Film Handler Posts: 83 From: El Paso, Tx., Registered: Nov 2007 posted 01-12-2008 01:33 AM                     Hey come on, if it weren't for alcoholics, there'd be no projectionists.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 01-12-2008 02:26 AM                     Oh, did catch it as a joke ...just a "oh brother" look - but it was good. Yea, but some theatres that I worked at, it's amazing of how many beer cans that I'd find in the hideaways in the booth (and you wonder if these guys soaked in booze can run a good show...), and guys running a drive-in hiding out in their cars between reels soaking up the spirits. Now wonder why companies booted the projectionists out - drinking on the jobsites which was totally against company policies.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Wood Expert Film Handler Posts: 206 From: Oxfordshire, United kingdom Registered: Jan 2008 posted 01-12-2008 04:48 AM                     In UK I can recommend the BKSTS Training Manual, will be expensive tho to ship to US!? I've also heard that there is an excellent training manual in English available from I think, the Swedish equivalent of the BKSTS? http://www.bksts.com/books.html  |  IP: Logged Robert W. Jones Film Handler Posts: 74 From: San Antonio, TX Registered: Mar 2007 posted 01-13-2008 04:48 PM                     You probably might not believe this, but with a single screen (or double)booth one of the air ionization filters does wonders. Trust me, I use one in my home booth which I keep as "clean room" as I can. You should see the particulates that build up on the grid. A good electrostatic for any non-lamphouse exhaust vents help greatly too (no back flow debris due to building HVAC pressure changes. Rob  |  IP: Logged

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