A good friend just bought a Simplex, and I had trouble just carrying the head out
to his truck, much less the rest of it. Hope he gets his running as fast as I did. (5
weeks)
 

Be advised that there are now several area codes for New Jersey, so you may
have to try one of the others as it may have been changed over the years. At one
time Rangertone was affiliated with Atlantic Audio-Visual (at the same address).
Both Atlantic and Rangertone specialised in 16mm Xenon conversions and
portable 35mm machines.
 

(973) 751-6833

I talked to them and ordered a couple of aperture plates and a parts manual for
my Shinko 35mm Transportable Projector (a.k.a. A.V.E. 35mm Transportable
Projector).

Are the aperture places replaceable on this boy? Mine has the original flat rounded cornered one that makes me think I am watching old school flicks. Most of the prints I have are 1:85. My scope stuff is being cropped too. I dont really want to try and file the edges of the frame opening out.

Also, is there a way to get the film to move to the right just a bit? The spring loaded guide on the top of the gate has the spring on the rear side pushing the film guide toward you. Is this right? It was this way when I got it. Sometimes I can see the edge of the film to the right of the image. A certain 13 reel feature is the worst for this. Things appear on the right side constantly.

Please help, or should I give up and get a real projector? Remember! There is a space problem here!

Bruce
 

Let's see, the spring loaded guide rollers you are referring to are the "lateral guide rollers". I have never seen nor worked with a Holmes, but typically there is a tiny allan wrench screw you can loosen to shift this guide horizontally. Generally, there is a screw on the back side to "freeze" it from wandering off of alignment, and then there's the actual screw to move the roller side to side. Be careful, as if your Holmes has those little jewels on each end, you can easily lose it if you loosen the two screws more than a turn or two at a time. I recommend you work in a well lighted area on top of something like a lid to a banker's box, so if you lose it, it will just drop into the box and not on your carpet!

One more thing to remember. When you're finished, the soundtrack edge guide roller should be able to spin freely, but should not have ANY side to side movement to it. If you do, you will see the picture shaking from side to side as you watch your films. Adjust accordingly.

Do you have a manual or any good close up pics of this machine? It would be much easier to assist if I could describe the gate and trap. Hopefully someone out there knows these machines well enough to assist better than I have been able to.
 

More later.
 

Unfortunately, the Educator is a parts machine for my 8. It is using an original GE motor that dates to the years of 1939-1942. It is a regular split-phase 1/8 horsepower, 1725 rpm motor. If there was more room on the motor shaft, I would install a flywheel to slow down the start-up speed so there would be less strain on the film perfs.

Been lucky. After damaging a reel of a feature slightly, I have learned how to correctly thread the beast.

I have heard from several Holmes owners. I think there are more of them than lets on. I'd like to hear from others.

 

My side-weave is stopped. I removed the shaft on the lateral guide roller without removing the actual rollers and spring. I installed a very thin washer that I found in the junk box on the operator side of the guide between the casting and the roller. Then I replaced the shaft. The 13 reeler was the first to run. R1 was enough. The edge is just out of the aperture frame now. Looks better. Also, the side weave is almost nil.

I Guess that a Holmes can look good, too.
Bruce
 

I managed to track his daughter down by
telephone, who told me that his machine shop and heavy inventory had been liquidated very quickly. She was, at that time, looking for someone to take over Marty's line of high-gain screen paint, but she had no plans to continue offering any of Marty's products after the then-existing stock was gone.

Marty always seemed a very friendly guy, and was always very helpful to me.