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Posted by Melvin England (Member # 5270) on January 26, 2017, 01:45 PM:

It seems to me that every projector I have seen have the controls on one side of the machine, and the projection lens is always to the right of it,a right handed projector if you like.
Did anyone ever produce a left handed one,so to speak? It would have been quite nice to have projectors running virtually side by side (allowing space for the cooling systems)with the feature on one unit and the trailers/adverts on the other.

Posted by Patrick Walsh (Member # 637) on January 26, 2017, 01:54 PM:

There are 16mm machines which are left hand side operated, NATCO, CARPENTER, MOVIE-MITE and I believe PHILLIPS made one as well, also 35mm machines like of some of the early Ernemanns and Bauers where available as left as well as right sided.

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on January 26, 2017, 03:05 PM:

There was also the 16mm sound Danson which was left-sided.
http://www.cinerdistan.com/2-uncategorised/519-danson-2

Posted by Tom Photiou (Member # 130) on January 26, 2017, 03:19 PM:

How weird, i have never even thought of this, especially as i am left handed. [Big Grin]

Works perfectly for me.I think they were all designed with me in mind. [Big Grin]

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on January 26, 2017, 03:49 PM:

Here's a picture of a left handed projector (not sure the make) that was used in the movie Quiz Show.

Posted by Lindsay Morris (Member # 3812) on January 26, 2017, 05:47 PM:

Janice,
That machine looks remarkable like a Philips unit. There were many Philips machines in use in Australia mainly as Telecine units in the early days of TV.

I have seen a couple that were bought from TV stations as they moved to video tape units and the rather small lamps taken out & replaced with lamps similar to the ELC & turned into quite good 16mm projectors. Some had mag & optical sound but best of all they all had Geneva intermittent movements so the image was very stable.
They were very quiet running machines & all that I saw had 6000 foot reel capacities so you could load a decent program length on them...none of this 2200 foot max stuff for the Philips [Wink]

Also they had quite a large drive motor...about 1/5 Hp if my memory is correct. They were all 115V machines as well so had hefty 240/115V transformers for use in Oz.
They were not a very portable machine at all...very hefty.

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on January 27, 2017, 02:43 AM:

The 16mm Carpenter was very similar to the US "Natco" and was made in GB by Carpenter £ Richardson Ltd. It was fitted with two motors, one for mechanism drive, and the other for the blower and rewinding.
The 750-watt lamp was set at right angles and reflected via a mirror. Lamps of 500-watt or 1000-watt could also be used.
It was a very heavy projector and it appears that sales were overtaken by the beautiful Bell & Howell-Gaumomt 601.
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/carpenter-16mm-sound-projector-279054198

Posted by Ricky Daniels (Member # 95) on January 27, 2017, 10:34 AM:

Re Leftie Projectors...
I've been in several smaller projection areas in none circuit repertory cinemas and seen a few leftie projectors, they were a good idea that suited smaller projection areas.
Rick

Posted by Melvin England (Member # 5270) on January 27, 2017, 11:01 AM:

Ricky - Were these 8mm / 16mm or 35mm projectors?

Posted by David Hardy (Member # 4628) on January 28, 2017, 05:05 AM:

Oh no ! I will never be able to thread or operate these as
I am right handed. [Wink]

Posted by Ken Finch (Member # 2768) on January 28, 2017, 12:49 PM:

Nice to see the picture of the Carpenter Maurice. It was the first 16mm sound projector I ever operated or saw in use. It was at secondary school in the late 1940's (Charlton Central School, London.) I was about 13 years old. I remember it was extremely heavy to lift up on the stand!! Ken Finch. [Razz]

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