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Topic: More DCT Woes
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Andrew Woodcock
Film God
Posts: 7477
From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012
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posted August 09, 2015 04:59 AM
It happens unfortunately Steve. It is the nature of the hobby and it's equipment some 30 - 40 years in.
I think with any machine now, you really have to push for people like Edwin who can produce many replica plastic wear parts, to release parts for any active machine users may have.
Then of course, you have to find someone who will do the work if you don't yourself feel comfortable in doing so. Also these aging machines do need regular servicing.
These machines can, and do, give many good years of untroubled service life, however just like an aging car reaching it's 13th then 14th then 15th M.O.T. they then tend to need more and more work doing to them to keep them "road worthy".
There are two chains of thought from this point onwards it would seem, 1/ Stick with the existing machine you have, eventually all minor niggles will be ironed out if you stick with the repairs
2/Throw it away or keep it as a spares machine, its cheaper and easier just to find another working machine.
I think for scenario 2, it is very much a truth however one thing I have found is, it really isn't too often you find a real gem of a machine that comes up for sale that genuinely is "like new" and has no faults at all. Even when you do find such a machine, faults usually appear very quickly because the machine has been left unused for so many years, just as a car would do the same.
For me personally, I tend to stick with the machines I have and just continually iron out the faults as they appear. Better the devil you know I find.
In this day and age, you really do need to have two examples of any favourite model just to keep one working at any one time i find.
I know of keen collectors that have up to five examples of the same model of their favourite projectors, just so they have at least one or two fully working models at any given time.
Last week I spent 49 Euros including P&P for a similar set of parts from Edwin that have just been brought to market. I don't need any of these parts currently but I am certain one day, not too far in the distant future, I will do. Then, at least I have the parts ready to fit straight away on my favourite home projector.
-------------------- "C'mon Baggy..Get with the beat"
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Steve Carter
Master Film Handler
Posts: 282
From: Bristol, UK
Registered: Apr 2015
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posted August 12, 2015 09:23 AM
Cam follower arrived today, many, thanks to Bill Parsons. Bill warned me of the two bearings on the claw,and how they could fall out and be lost forever, so I thought with my bad tremors I'm not going to take any chances, so I fashioned a bowl like out of kitchen towel, and rested under the claw mount as I removed the three springs, I'm glad I did, one bearing fell straight into the bowl. Anyways, I fitted the cam follower, greased it and the cam, re-assembled and now it runs just like it was new, and the frame adjustment works just as it should. I might add the old follower was almost flat, so my constant reversing must have finished it off. Thanks Bill, you are a star...
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