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Topic: Elmo Carrying Cases
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Paul Adsett
Film God
Posts: 5003
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted December 02, 2013 07:26 PM
I think Adrian has the reason that Elmo never made a hard case for the GS1200. The projector is barely liftable now, and I can't imagine any body wanting to carry an additional 10lbs of case weight. Adrian has a great idea of a 'flight case' , with a hard shell, on wheels, with a retracting handle. I will have to look around to see if there is anything suitable.
I think Elmo could have easily reduced the weight of the GS by 10 lbs by using thermoplastic covers, plastic knobs etc. But that would have come at the expense of durability. Thank goodness they stayed with metal.
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Paul Browning
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1006
From: West Midlands United Kingdom
Registered: Aug 2011
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posted December 03, 2013 09:02 AM
I searched for my post too, and could not find it either. The idea was to approach a company that custom makes the flight cases for band and group pa's, there are so many new materials now which are strong and would not add much weight to the already heavy gs1200.I had already breached the subject with them and were keen to see what they could do for me. My intention was to take my gs over to them and the original gs box and see if they could copy the clever design of the elmo box with the cutout, this would allow the polystyrene inners to be retained for protection.My other idea was to make a clip on attachment for the elmo 1200ft reels to pop on the sides, they could make the box the same colour as the cardboard case and print on the sides the same original designs. They said it could be made in fibre board, and any thing could be included in the makeup of it, like a solid base, feet on the bottom, inner compartments etc, I suggested a flat pack style that could be sent easily through the post, so when received the inserts could be put in to expand out the box. I thought the elmo box was a simple but effective design with the handle through the box arrangement so why change it, no handle to brake off because its already attached to the machine. If we could get some wide interest in this, perhaps if the a design is approved a run of 25 say, may get them cheaper for all on the forum, because once the machine is setup you may as well run off a few.
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