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Brian Paul Cook
Film Handler

Posts: 54
From: Champaign, IL 61820
Registered: Feb 2010

posted November 13, 2010 03:27 AM

First, let me say thank you again to all of you, especially Steve Klare who helped me with some issues I was having with my Bolex SP Special Model Super 8mm projector. I was able to get everything working properly. I was quite impressed with the machine...plays anything, solid, has a great lens...sharpest picture by far. Then kabooom! Another problem. I took the pressure plates out to clean them, put them back in and I am 99% sure they are in correctly. I turned the back control knob to the correct setting to remove them without damage but when I put them back in, the picture is all out of whack, as if it were a dual 8 machine and I put the standard 8 pressure plates in when trying to run Super 8 film through it. It's just a bunch of lines and moving figures. I have done everything I can think of. Does anyone have any idea what has happened and how to remedy it if possible? Sincerely, Brian Cook

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frank arnstein
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 534
From: Gold Coast. Australia
Registered: Jan 2005

posted November 13, 2010 07:32 AM

Hi Brian
The 1st thing to look at is the claw pins. See if they are both in place. They may have been damaged & broken off. Take out the plates & examine the claw tip closely. The pins are thin and can be broken off easily.
Then symptoms like you describe begin.
Hope I am wrong.
dogtor [Roll Eyes]

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted November 13, 2010 08:09 AM

I agree,

-and also turn the inching knob and see that the claw pushes down, moves inward, moves up, pushes outward and then repeats the cycle. When you are done align the dots at the knob to protect the claw.

(-and if it happens backwards it just means you are turning the knob the other way!)

Here's the correct reassembly of the plates:

This one first:

The two pins shown on the right fit into two holes in the lamp housing.

Next comes this:

The two spring clips on the opposite side press sgainst the back of the lens holder and the single pin shown on the right drops into a hole in the first plate.

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