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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 08-03-2008, 10:25 PM:

Joe,

How very appropriate that picture is [thumbsup]

. Hey, that looks like one of those oogy Regency consoles behind you [Eek!]

. I know, they don't make trash cans that big... [Frown]

.

Mark

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 08-04-2008, 12:59 AM:

(bummer, and I have to take care of 18 of these, but hey at least they still can show a picture...)

- at least, I'm working on slowing down the leaks on these things though

Yea, in X-90 consoles with CNA 150(?) automations behind him?

If he's gonna dump that one, I'll take it off his hands immediately..along with the DTS reader!

(Now, if he was dumping a SuperSimplex in that can, then, that's fully understandable....)
-Monte

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-04-2008, 01:44 AM:

X-90 with CNA 100s. I've seen the CNA 150 and it doesn't look like it really does anything more other than have a useless 2-line text display and a super useless "learn cue" function. It may have a start timer but if there was one, I couldn't figure it out. CA21's for the win. X-90's take CXL-20Rs and not SC's, right?

Oil leaks are usually easy to fix on Simplexes. Just make sure they don't have a ton of oil inside them and make sure the seals are clean. Christies are still way better, though.

Mark G personally put two of the 4 flywheels on backwards in the BACP readers.

Posted by Tristan Lane (Member # 1169) on 08-04-2008, 02:28 AM:

Okay, What gives.

WTF is up with the DTS reader light being on..... That doesn't make sense!! I say this was a total setup and everything was completely staged.

What a sham. Should we post this in the photoshop disasters thread?

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-04-2008, 02:46 AM:

quote: Tristan Lane
I say this was a total setup and everything was completely staged.

You mean you don't think that someone just happened to snap that picture as I was naturally doing this one day? [Wink]

From an alternate take:

It's only natural that a lot of detail will be lost when resized to 110 pixels.

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 08-04-2008, 04:26 AM:

...odd way to drain the oil out of the front....but, if it works, it works....

Yea, CHR 20R's .. correct.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-04-2008, 09:22 AM:

I thought the pic meant that you were dumping the 35mm machines for digital.

Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 08-04-2008, 10:20 AM:

Joe always has comical photo's. He is just to creative. I vote he become a stand up comedian. What do you all think?

Posted by Galen Murphy-Fahlgren (Member # 4535) on 08-04-2008, 12:04 PM:

Hey, I'd take that XL over my V5s any day, although my XLs are older than that, by quite a bit I'd guess. What did you use that for that it doesn't have a turret?

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-04-2008, 05:52 PM:

We used it/them for projecting film, of course! Notice the innards are painted white. Do you know what that means?

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 08-04-2008, 06:18 PM:

It means the projector was old and crappy (not like it still isn't today, but that's another discussion) and that someone "rebuilt" it.

Of course that means if the rebuild job wasn't done by someone like Hadden, all they did was paint it to look pretty.

Actually come to think of it, some of those older Simplexes may have come from the factory white. Oh well it doesn't matter. It's a leaky old crappy Simplex. Right Phil? [Moon]

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-04-2008, 06:54 PM:

quote: Galen Murphy-Fahlgren
What did you use that for that it doesn't have a turret?

Ours doesn't have a turret and we still use it every day.

It doesn't leak either (well, much).

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 08-04-2008, 08:51 PM:

At first I thought he was just a shakin all the film crud and fuzz out of the head... then I saw the trash can...

Now I'm just waitin for Tim (Er one of the Strong Boys) to post a 15 second movie showing a P35 being dropped off the Empire State Building... Oh wait it'd take longer than 15 seconds to hit the ground from that height... Does F-T have the bandwidth to do that? I guess to be fair they'd have to carry it to the top of the tower thats up on the top of the Empire State Building... then leter goooooooooo... At least when the Christie hit the ground it wouldn't leave an oil slick [Eek!]

Posted by Jon Miller (Member # 163) on 08-04-2008, 09:02 PM:

And it was because that poor, defenseless X-L (okay, a "Simplex 35") dripped a drop of oil on Joe's immaculately spit-shined shoes? [Smile]

Two words: Seal Kit. Helped plug the leaks in my Simplex Valdez. [thumbsup]

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 08-04-2008, 09:05 PM:

I'd really like to see Joe do an oblique kit in an E-7, or a vertical bevel and shutter drive gear replacement in a Super ......and get the shims just right.. [Big Grin]

..then we'll see what he thinks about "XL"s ...

Posted by Galen Murphy-Fahlgren (Member # 4535) on 08-04-2008, 11:32 PM:

quote: Joe Redifer
We used it/them for projecting film, of course! Notice the innards are painted white. Do you know what that means

Right, but the projectors I use for commercial projection have lenses for different formats is all. Mine are painted white on the inside, and have the upper clamshell parts cut off in order to accommodate a Kelmar turret. I'd guess mine to be about a million years old, and I haven't found a way to tell by the serial numbers, so I'm going with my million year estimate. I'd say any machine that runs reasonably well after a million years is a decent piece of work.

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 08-05-2008, 08:42 AM:

quote: Monte L Fullmer
or a vertical bevel and shutter drive gear replacement in a Super ......and get the shims just right..

Monte,

You're not supposed to put any shims in the double bevel gear! It comes with the one shim it's supposed to have in it.

Mark

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 08-05-2008, 12:51 PM:

Whoops, sorry on the misconstrue there Mark: meant the shims on the rear of the machine where you attach the rear bearing mount assembly...should have made that more plainer.

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 08-05-2008, 11:02 PM:

Joe, if you're gonna throw that XL away give me a shout, I need to buy two of them soon. [Smile]

Monte: I used to have a Super that I built up from a dishpan of parts..it ran great and put out a steadier picture than most of today's machine..and it looked cool.

My current XL is machine serial #128. It runs great, my only beef is that some jackalope in the past hacked the casing to run picture and track. [Frown]

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 08-05-2008, 11:50 PM:

quote: Tony Bandiera Jr
..it ran great and put out a steadier picture than most of today's machine..and it looked cool.

..after I rebuilt this one on a service call this last wknd, I did notice that these old timers could put out a very steady and decent show..

Course, the lamphouses are just the small CHR CH10 variety with the small 1K bulbs in them, but was decent light to fill a screen at over 70 ft away, but right off, I knew that they could have easilly used 2k bulbs, but didn't say anything...due to the old carbon arc lamphouses ran 7 and 8mm rods.

-Monte