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Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 04-02-2015, 04:16 PM:
 
After something like six years of disuse last significant problem resolved today and machines are working again. One of our projectionists, an ex BBC sound man, replaced burned out mains transformer in the ACOP controller. Ran a cartoon a couple
Of times on each machine and everything's fine.

Will set Dolby levels next week then first 35 mm show is due in June. 16 mm to look at next. The first 35 mm show will probably also include a related 16 mm short.

At least one more cinema added to the list of film-capable ones; possibly the only one locally.
 

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Posted by Pete Naples (Member # 761) on 04-02-2015, 04:28 PM:
 
Glad we were able to help Roger out with the ACOP Stephen.
 

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Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 04-02-2015, 05:11 PM:
 
Yes, thanks for that.

Still got problems with dust, but each time we clean everything it gets better. Had quite a lot of problems, sticking relays, sluggish changeovers, remains of a small bird inside one of them! screws missing, We'e getting there slowly.
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 04-04-2015, 11:47 AM:
 
The dust problem is a big initial battle for any new (or recommissioned) 35mm installation.

I worked in two cinemas in their first months after opening (Exeter Picture House and City Screen York), both of them totally gutted and refurbished, but older shell buildings. For the first few weeks dust was a nightmare: no matter how thoroughly you cleaned the booth and how often, prints got dirty. The fact that none of these booths had HEPA filtration on their air supplies didn't help, but even if they did I don't think it would have been a total cure - dust would have got in even when the doors were opened. Even PTRs and using freshly washed platter covers every week (we had two sets for each deck, and every week I'd take one home and put it through the washing machine) only mitigated the problem slightly.

But over about 3-4 months, the "new building" dusty atmosphere wore away, the PTRs would be less grimy at the end of each pass and within six months, all that was needed was normal film path cleaning at the start of each shift.
 

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Posted by Geoff Jones (Member # 3668) on 04-04-2015, 11:57 AM:
 

quote: Stephen Furley

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first 35 mm show is due in June

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