8mm Forum: Heurtier Duo Play

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Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on June 07, 2013, 12:18 PM:

I know that these in general are not great but, how about this one??
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390607382926?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Posted by Glenn Brady (Member # 715) on June 07, 2013, 01:24 PM:

All of the late series Heurtier projectors are of the same dsign and construction, as far as I'm aware, so this machine is unlikely to be any more satisfactory than the rest. I've a P6-24B that's cosmetically mint in the original box, but it doesn't run, so I've been unable to shred any film with it.

Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on June 07, 2013, 01:45 PM:

Are Heurtier's really that bad?

Posted by Claus Harding (Member # 702) on June 07, 2013, 02:40 PM:

Paul, you might want to ask our Doug that question [Big Grin]

He has a beautiful example of a Heurtier himself, but it is strictly an exhibition item....

Claus.

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on June 07, 2013, 04:44 PM:

Claus is right. I wouldn't run any print that I cared about through my 42. Heurtier made wonderful 9.5 machines but there was something about their Super 8 sound projectors that didn't take kindly to....being used. I think this was John Black's least favorite machine. The gates would develop problems and the loops would keep disappearing. The result was a lot of scratched film.

Absolutely beautiful to look at, though.

Doug

Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on June 08, 2013, 12:37 PM:

That's a great pity because they're such good looking machines.

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on June 08, 2013, 01:29 PM:

I had one and I sold it. Too much film damage. [Razz]

However, they are pretty to look at [Eek!]

PatD

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on June 08, 2013, 01:59 PM:

I had one, but it was the mono version,it did show a nice steady
image,but had a problem on rewind.It reminded me of the little
Horipet toy projector that I first started the hobby with,very tinny.
I ended up swapping it for one of Ray Harryhausens fairy tales on
IB Tech 16mm to a fellow stop motion fan.

Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on June 09, 2013, 02:43 PM:

Somebody was happy to pay £100 for it.
What reel capacity do those have?

Posted by Mal Brake (Member # 14) on June 09, 2013, 02:49 PM:

Hi Mike, 800ft (240m)

Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on June 09, 2013, 03:04 PM:

Hi, Mal. Thanks.
Was Denny in good voice the other night??
[Wink]

Posted by Mal Brake (Member # 14) on June 09, 2013, 04:38 PM:

Not bad at all. He did a new song 'Rebel County Boy' [Big Grin]

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on June 09, 2013, 04:51 PM:

Didn't they have two ruby jewels in the gate to keep the film flat?

Did they work or cause problems?

Posted by Paul Browning (Member # 2715) on June 10, 2013, 08:01 AM:

I still have one these machines in my collection and i'm baffled by some the comments . I never had a problem with it damaging film, although it seems a bit over complicated and tad tin plate toy look about it . The gate does have the rubies to keep the film from flexing and it seemed to work very well ,very good over all sharpness without the need to refocus and very quiet running . Maybe I had one off or just got lucky .

Posted by Lee Mannering (Member # 728) on June 10, 2013, 12:10 PM:

Doug is absolutely right in that the nine five machines were good and built to last. I’ve had most of the models in my time and they are amongst the top end machines, so much so that the Dutch nine fivers had one converted to Xenon and it gets used for the events over there.

[ July 17, 2013, 08:25 AM: Message edited by: Lee Mannering ]

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