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Topic: A Strange Night
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Bradford A Moore
Master Film Handler
Posts: 272
From: Provincetown, Ma
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted February 10, 2012 06:12 AM
As some of you may know I have a weekly film series on Thursday nights. For starters, which wasn't too uncommon when I was setting up my bulb blew. Luckily I had one spare EFP in my car. I was showing Harold Lloyd in Girl Shy, which is one of his harder films to come by, so this is why this story is very sad and frustrating.
Towards the end of the third reel the audience and myself watch a frame burn, and the projector come to a hault. Sure enough after opening up the back of my Elmo ST 800, the motor belt had snapped. I have never had this happen all my years of having a showing. I only had it replaced about three years ago. I'm surprised I had no warning. The belt doesn't looked stretched, or anything out of the unordinary. It even looks fairly new. Its a clean break. Any thoughts of why this happend?
Even if I had a spare belt, its something that can't be replaced on the spot like a bulb. Its too bad that when something like this happens that the bulb doesn't turn off too, and save you the frame of a nice hard to get print.
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Bradford A Moore
Master Film Handler
Posts: 272
From: Provincetown, Ma
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted February 10, 2012 02:24 PM
I was able to get replacement belts through Phil Johnson, who is sending them directly to the guy who will replace them. If I have it back it time for next Thursday I will show the last reel after next weeks film. I'm glad next week is in 16mm so I have less to worry about.
I just hope all goes well by the 23rd, because I'm having a special night, and calling it a Mock Silent Spaghetti Western. I'm poking fun at the Italian Spaghetti westerns, and I will be showing a super 8 Blackhawk print of The Toll Gate with William S. Hart, and will be serving a Homeade Spaghetti Dinner with salad, garlic bread, and wine. I will also have three piece band adding the soundtrack. A fiddle, mandolin, and a stand up bass. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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). I think it may just be a combination of factors such as how often and how long your showings are, large reels, climate, and allowing some warm-up time before putting the projector in forward mode. It may also be the quality (or lack thereof) of the individual belt. For me personally, using my projector nearly every day, three years is a long time to use the same motor belt.
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