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Topic: Newbie looking for some pointers
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Barry Fritz
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1061
From: Burnsville, MN, USA
Registered: Dec 2009
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posted April 04, 2015 07:48 PM
Paul, Whatever you do, DON'T lubricate any belts, as you indicated above!
Generally speaking, if a projector needed lubrication by the user, there would be small holes in various positions near sprocket shafts and reel spindles, for example. These little holes were usually painted red. Also, there were little chrome reservoirs with spring load caps that you would lift up to squirt oil into. If you don't see anything like I described you will likely have to remove the back to see if there is some area that you could lube. Synthetic or lithium grease on the gears would not hurt. DO NOT over lubricate. Did this machine ever work while you had it?
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted April 06, 2015 12:37 PM
Belts should be one of the first things we always check on projectors, as more than one "pulley" or sprocket will be affected by a bad or non-existent belt, (though not all projectors work with belts, as there are some that operate merely with gears).
Question : Is it only that one thing that doesn't move, or a number of things that do not move altogether? If so, definitely a belt, if it's only one thing that is not turning, while everything else is, that is another whole problem altogether.
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