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Paul Adsett
Film God
Posts: 5003
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted April 08, 2015 09:33 PM
When you spend all your film time running high end machines such as GS1200'S and Eumig 938's, it easy to overlook the merits of some of the smaller machines out there. Such was the case today when I decided to give my little Eumig 820 Sonomatic a clean up, lube, and some needed maintainance. I have not run the projector in years, it spends all its time on display in my screening room, put out to pasture on a high shelf, while my GS and 938 get all the glory. The maintainance issue was easy, the top sprocket holder had cracked and the sprocket was spinning on the shaft. A little epoxy took care of that problem. I pulled the back off and wiped the drive discs with alcohol, greased the worm gears, and a drop of oil on a couple of the drive shaft bearings. Then I stripped down the film path, polished up the gate, cleaned the sound pressure roller (which is huge compared with the tiny GS1200 roller), and all those little pulleys at the back. I threaded up a 400 footer and switched on. Wow! - a bright, rock steady picture, with belting and very clear sound, even through the internal speaker. Yes of course, its only a 100 watt lamp, and its only mono sound. But how really great this little projector is for what it was designed to do. Lightweight, ultra compact, built like a tank, and it does the job in spades. Great movie projection without any hassle or worry. Well done indeed Eumig!
-------------------- The best of all worlds- 8mm, super 8mm, 9.5mm, and HD Digital Projection, Elmo GS1200 f1.0 2-blade Eumig S938 Stereo f1.0 Ektar Panasonic PT-AE4000U digital pj
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted April 09, 2015 01:23 PM
Wonderful post Paul, and great picture, Graham.
Eumig's have tended to be highly reliable, whether a high end or low end model. They are little work-horses to be sure.
I've never owned any ELMO brand projectors, but I have heard the same thing, high end or low, concerning reliability. the only slight drawback is the heavier need for maintenance on the ELMO's.
-------------------- "All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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