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Author Topic: Can I double up on The Alpha Platter System? Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-17-2008 06:38 AM                     That's the problem, there is no demand since people who buy Strong equipment don't give a shit and break down with a roll of masking tape in their hand. (I SOOOOO wish I was joking about that, but seriously take a look at the prints returning to the depots. It is extremely rare to find a loosely wound roll that isn't masking taped or "tucked" back together. The way those tables are designed, using a splicer is a pain in the butt, so people just keep the roll of masking tape on the MUT instead. Again...not joking here!)  |  IP: Logged Robert LaValley Expert Film Handler Posts: 104 From: Tampa, FL Registered: May 2007 posted 06-17-2008 06:44 AM                     Does anyone have pictures of stacking prints on the various platters talked about in this thread? ie: christie, specco, strong.  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 06-17-2008 05:49 PM                     quote: It doesn't matter which way you face the Strong MUT, there is no space for a splicer if you are unloading film. The best place to put one is on another deck. Make sure the other deck isn't a-spinnin' first! Exactly! Provoded that you supported the deck under the splicer with one hand. This is how I was taught and how I always did it. The fact that there is no room for a splicer on the table does not in any way make this table a peice of crap in my book. Assuming there were room for a splicer (as Louis mentioned, there is an add-on shelf available), what is it about the fact that this table is horizontal that people don't like? I actually prefer this MUT to others.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-17-2008 06:29 PM                        I don't splice on the deck, I splice the heads and tails back on on top of the reel when using a Strong MUT. The splicer just lives on the deck while the reel is spinning. I don't press down, I pick the front of the splicer up and squeeze the splicer together. That way nothing gets damaged. I do this when I must splice at a platter as well.  |  IP: Logged

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