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Topic: Bell and Howell 33ST
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Peter Gilabert
Film Handler
Posts: 40
From: San Diego, CA, USA
Registered: Jun 2017
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posted June 26, 2017 09:37 AM
Hi,
Some of you may remember me as the lead role in the post "Broke Sankyo 500".
A sad tale with a heart-wrenching ending.
After scouring the local ads, I picked up this little guy for cheap ($40!), an apparently well-cared for B & H 33ST:
I've fired her up and she sounds and looks good. I've already checked out the pros and cons of this model here. Soon as my first flick arrives, I'll know for sure.
Guess i should upload the manual when i get a chance, or if anyone needs one, let me know.
Suck it, Sankyo!
#nothingpersonalagainstsankyo
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Peter Gilabert
Film Handler
Posts: 40
From: San Diego, CA, USA
Registered: Jun 2017
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posted June 30, 2017 09:52 PM
Janice,
I think I may actually have the same problem you had.
The little belt in the middle of this pic just sits there, not moving, while everything else tries... except the take up gears (worm and other one it turns), which don't budge at all!
I can't seem to jiggle that worm gear to get it going though, or the gear it turns. I wonder if they're kinda dried up inside like the problem you had?
(although yours turned when you touched it)
Anyway, I gotta figure out how to get it to nudge. You took yours out and put oil around the actual shaft, where the worm gear wraps around?
It doen't make a peep when I put everything in reverse, which is pretty depressing, you'd think I'd at least hear the sound of the motor trying to do something, even if the take up gear was stuck (?)
Of course, at least when I turn the shutter by hand, everything moves (except of course the stuck take up gears)
Guess I should at least try your oiling method.
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Maurizio Di Cintio
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 977
From: Ortona, Italy
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted June 29, 2018 02:17 PM
This was actually manufactured by Yamawa Electric Company and represents the very last line of entry level projectors the Japanese company were able to market either under their own brand name (Yelco) or under the Bell & Howell and Noris brands (Noris closed their factory for good in mid 1980 but continued to market rebadged projectors until later in the 1980s).
Prior to introduction of this model, Bell & Howell used to re-brand Sankyo machines, albeit with slightly different cabinet (perhaps more stylish?), but Sankyo withdrew from the S/8 market about the end of 1982, so B&H had to find a different source. The model No. from Yelco is 710. This line of projectors feature a compact body with a very efficient transport mechanism; everything looks like it's been downsized but performance is certainly up to expectations. A 100 W halogen lamp with dichroic mirror and a reasonably sharp, 1.3 lens complement these machines. Yelco also had a logic-control version to this model in its range, i.e. model 720 featuring feather touch buttons (no rotary control at all) and some automatic facilities similar to those seen on some later Bauer and Silma machines (T 430 Servo, Memory 90...), but unlike the German-Italian machines, model 720 was thought of as a logic control machine from scratch, whereas the push-button controls in the above mentioned models of the Bosch Group range were an afterthought: a servomotor turns the innards of what was linked to the main rotary selector knob in previous models according to the function requested via push buttons. The circuitry in the Yelco 720, on the contrary, activates various solenoids placed strategically with no servo-motors.
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Maurizio
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