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Author Topic: No More Orange Film Cans? Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-16-2010 11:28 AM                        Those cans pictured above were my favorite cans. Easy to move, stacked well, and had huge "easy on the hands" handles. Not that I would know about such a thing, but those were the cans that the hinge pin would slide out of on locked prints. Heard about that from somewhere.......  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 01-16-2010 01:18 PM                     Heard that those hinge pins sometimes came out on the metal cans too...  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 01-16-2010 09:57 PM                     I got a print in those those boxes in early December. One nice thing about the 6k reels and boxes...I could lay them on the side and let them slide down the carpeted stairs, they went slowly enough that they barely bumped at the bottom. Going up was very awkward for a short guy like me.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 01-16-2010 10:30 PM                        Again, if we reduce the THICKNESS of the film another 30%; you get 4000 ft/reel. 3 reels equals the size and weight of 6. A four reel can is all you normally need, since you would have 16,000 ft of film in there. Louis  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-16-2010 11:01 PM                        Wouldn't there be other issues with 40-minute reels, though, even if they physically fit on 15" reels? I'm thinking of things like some arc lamps that cannot burn for 40 minutes continuously, but there must be others. Would thinner film cause issues with any type of projection or lab equipment? Is there anything (endless-loop platters, maybe?) that depends upon film being a particular thickness? Would changing the thickness affect durability?  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-17-2010 01:52 AM                        Here are the kinds of cans I like. They are more durable than they look and very light. Same old latches, but oh well.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-17-2010 02:26 AM                        Yup, those cans are the best. I always have wondered why they didn't catch on...more expensive than the metal ones maybe?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-17-2010 10:58 AM                     Yes those are the cans I keep pushing. No idea who makes them, but they are about as indestructible and durable as you can get.  |  IP: Logged Mitchell Dvoskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1869 From: West Milford, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 01-17-2010 11:29 AM                     Those blue plastic shippers are made by the Hollywood Film Company, and are still in the current catalog.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-18-2010 04:17 AM                        Surely they can't be as expensive as metal cans. And stop calling me Shurly. If they got a good design team in there, they could easily come up with better closures and a handle that didn't tend to stop the blood flow in your fingers so they fall off after you carry these things up a few flight of stairs. ....someone be sure you grab those fingers and put them in a popcorn bucket of ice and follow us behind the ambulance to the hospital."  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-19-2010 05:01 PM                     At Christy's Editorial, the blue plastic cases are about 10% more than the steel ICC cases. For instance, a 3-reel case is $91. Incidently, Scott got me hooked on these SWENCO "handi-grippers" (Christy's calls them "ICC case handle"): Just snap them over the case handles and carrying cases is a breeze. I frequently have a pair in my pocket... --jhawk  |  IP: Logged Laura Jean Kahl Film Handler Posts: 8 From: Pittsburgh, Pa USA Registered: Apr 2009 posted 01-26-2010 01:50 PM                        the blue "cans" are awesome. having two cans distributes the weight for sure. i've been toning my arms nicely over the last two years with them. i'm not looking forward to awkwardly lugging around one big box. technicolor is so silly  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 01-26-2010 02:24 PM                     Just start doing back strengthening exercises.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-26-2010 02:32 PM                        Every theater should have a box full of the grips pictured in John's post. However I am too lazy to order them, especially since the movies seem to find their way into the booth before I arrive to assemble them.  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 01-27-2010 11:40 AM                     quote: Joe Redifer Every theater should have a box full of the grips pictured in John's post. However I am too lazy to order them I ordered about half-a-dozen of them awhile back. The only 'problem' is that although the grips themselves are not that expensive (only about 4bux each, I think), Chritsy's Editorial charged about $30 for "shipping & handling". But I still consider them a good investment. (And to be fair- - Christy's threw in a bunch of "free" note paper & pens with their name printed on them!)  |  IP: Logged

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