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Lillian Bresnahan
Junior
Posts: 1
From: Aventura, FL, USA
Registered: Dec 2016

posted December 26, 2016 07:41 AM

I am a total novice. We uncovered our Bolex 18-5 Automatic 8mm projector, bought in the 60s. It seems in great shape with original zippered cover and manual--except the lamp is not working. I would be thankful for some guidance o n where to purchase a new lamp. The one currently in the projector may be a Toshiba 8V 50W.

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

Posts: 5895
From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted December 26, 2016 08:49 AM

Lillian
These lamps are not cheap.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CXR-CXL-Projector-Lamp-Bulb-Toshiba-8V-50W-/182396231891?hash=item2a77a9a0d3:g:SrkAAOSwGIRXaZNp

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Maurice

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Clinton Hunt
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 845
From: Waharoa,North Island,New Zealand
Registered: May 2010

posted December 27, 2016 03:23 AM

Hi Lillian,
I have a few 8mm projectors in my collection that takes that sort of lamp.
Replacement lamps can be expensive but I have found that buying dead projectors with the lamp still working to be the best and usually cheapest option.
Oddly the value of a dead projector with working lamp has almost no value,sure the lamps aren't new but they do work [Smile]

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Cheers from me in New Zealand :-)

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Paul Mason
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 540
From: Aldershot, Hampshire, UK
Registered: Nov 2013

posted December 27, 2016 03:32 AM

These lamps were extremely widely used in 1960s projectors so secondhand lamps are easy to find on Ebay but beware of high prices for so-called "new old stock" that were made decades ago [Frown]

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