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Posted by Joshua Waaland (Member # 287) on 01-24-2000, 04:52 PM:
Does anyone know if it's possible to still get parts for the old 5 tier Super Platters? Also I would like to know where I could get a few prints when I decide to do so.Thanks,
Joshua 
Posted by Trevor Bailey (Member # 75) on 01-24-2000, 07:30 PM:
One of my theaters is still using SPP-5's. They are ordering parts from Cinema Film Systems. Their web site is http://www.cinemafilmsystems.com/ Good luck, those "Super Platters" can be a real pain at times.
Trevor
Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 01-24-2000, 08:27 PM:
Manuals for the "Super Platter" are available to download here on the Adobe Manual Downloads page. I have been ordering parts from Cinema Film Systems also. That's where I got the drop-in centerfeed conversion kits from.
Posted by Tom Ferreira (Member # 70) on 01-24-2000, 09:37 PM:
I have two five tier and two three tier Super Platters in my booth, and not too many days go by that I don't want to smash the hell out of them. Luckily, mine are modified with Potts payout heads, but I'd love to meet the guy that designed the carriage and roller system on these things, and ask him what he was thinking.
Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 01-24-2000, 10:36 PM:
Potts designed it it was his first non air design
Posted by Charles Lubner (Member # 157) on 01-25-2000, 12:36 AM:
I've got a bunch of brand new Super Platter payout heads if anyone is interested. We had just bought a bunch before our theatre upgraded to a Strong 5 deck. I've also got motors, rollers and other assorted parts for them. Willing to sell or trade cheap, they're just taking up space in my closet.
Posted by Michael Barry (Member # 237) on 01-25-2000, 12:47 AM:
Yes...the Super Platter was the bane of my existence for a while there...now, that theatre calls me up and asks me why I don't want to work there anymore. No kidding, but that same theatre paired this up with Monee projectors - what a match!!! I could go on about their wonderful choice of ORC bulbs, but what would be the point in that? Clearly, these people have no taste.No offence to Cinema Film Systems, but basically platters don't come much cheaper or nastier than that. They are embarrasing compared to a real platter like a Kinoton or a Speco.
There, now - been meaning to get that one off my chest for a while now, and this seemed like just the thread to take me there!
Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 01-27-2000, 12:08 PM:
Why wouldn't you want to offend Film Systems? They've been offending people for years! 
Posted by Nicholas McRobert (Member # 205) on 01-27-2000, 03:32 PM:
I can honestly say, after working with 8 of the dreaded Super-Platters for 5 years, I wouldn't go back to them for any amount of money. Sorry, but they are just crap. 
Posted by Joshua Waaland (Member # 287) on 01-27-2000, 03:33 PM:
I had to use this one for several years at the theater I worked at. I hated the S.O.B. myself. I went back and visited for the weekend and my buddy still works the booth there. I saw that they had replaced it with a potts platter and I asked for it. What the heck it's free and I have no equipment yet. It's a start. As crappy as that might be. Thanks for your posts.Joshua
Posted by Aaron Sisemore (Member # 145) on 01-28-2000, 01:49 AM:
Joshua-At least its a Super Platter rather than an ORC or AW1/AW2, speaking of crap...
Aaron
Posted by Chris Erwin (Member # 176) on 01-30-2000, 11:36 AM:
Aaron,Don't laugh...an AW2 is what we got. IT WON'T DIE!! It never mishandles film,never brain-wraps (except Titanic once but we fixed that ) And keeps going. I thought parts were gone for this thing?
--Chris
Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-03-2000, 09:20 PM:
I just inherited FOUR Stupid Platters in a small circuit that just signed-on for service! Boy, I've got a long road ahead of me!Arrrgh!
Posted by Josh Jones (Member # 447) on 07-13-2001, 11:20 AM:
A little bird tells me potts is where to get parts. As Gordon mentioned, The CFS was basically a copy of an early potts plater. the parts will be the same, just a different color.Good Luck,
Josh
Posted by Barry Floyd (Member # 385) on 07-13-2001, 11:31 AM:
I've got one of those AW-1's in my basement even as we speak. It's ugly, noisy, and way out of date with today's modern equipment, but like Chris said... it works perfectly. I did end up re-wiring the column several months back, but the thing does work.When it comes time to open the theater, I'll probably replace it with either an AW-3 or a Potts.
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Barry Floyd
Floyd Entertainment Group
Nashville, Tennessee
(Drive-In Theatre - Start-Up)
Posted by Aaron Sisemore (Member # 145) on 07-15-2001, 08:52 PM:
>>The CFS was basically a copy of an early potts plater. the parts will be the same, just a different color.<<The Super Platter was codesigned by Floyd Draves and Bob Potts, so the similarity is explainable.
Not all Potts parts will swap onto a Super, especially the later ones. Variacs, some motors, and some brain parts will interchange. Most of the microswitch Potts platters use a gigantic microswitch, and a different brain design from the SPP (Blue and ORC Orange) and NSP (Beige and Black) Supers (there are a few rare SPP Supers that had Potts/Strong phase-control brains retrofitted to them).
Aaron
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