Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Need source for reel arms for Holmes 8

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Posted by Al Chaney (Member # 794) on 03-27-2001, 02:53 PM:

I have an old Holmes 8 which is missing the upper and lower reel arms. I need a source where I can buy them and the lamps for the
this projector.

Thank Forum Members.

Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 03-27-2001, 06:53 PM:

The lamps can be purchased from Bulb Direct (www.bulbdirect.com). The upper and lower magazines are another story. They had their own hole spacing plus they had the fire rollers built into the magazine. Once in a great while these original magazines show up on Ebay. However, if a guy were creative, you could get a regular reel arm and make a "reel arm adapter plate" out of 1/4" thick flat aluminum plate. Drill holes and bolt the plate down thru the original holes in the projector casting, then drill new holes to fit the reel arm spacing for say a Simplex magazine or Century magazine or large reel arms.