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Posted by Timothy Price (Member # 1832) on September 15, 2010, 01:11 PM:

Hey all-

I found a Minolta Sound 6000 Super 8 Projector at Goodwill. It has the original box, lens cap, projector cover, power chord and even a splicer! Bulb and Sound both work great, plus it has a regular 1/4 output jack for an external sound source! All this for 30 bucks! However...

The films are playing a bit slow. The frame button is set to 24 and other than that I'm not sure how to speed it up. Don't know if it needs a new belt or a repair job or if I should just put it on eBay [Confused]

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Tim

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on September 15, 2010, 01:57 PM:

well,

The good news is the belts are available:

Belts on E-bay

It would be good to pop off the cover and see what's going on in there.

Something to try is to let the machine run for a while without film and see if things loosen up. It also may be the last stand for those old belts if they really are cruddy.

There's a thread down below where we discuss reviving a dormant Elmo ST-1200. A lot of it will apply here too.

Posted by Timothy Price (Member # 1832) on September 15, 2010, 03:17 PM:

Thanks Steve- I'm gonna go run the machine for a bit!

Posted by Douglas W. Warren (Member # 2159) on September 16, 2010, 01:24 PM:

Hi Tim,
Sounds like you made a great score and I hope the speed issue is resolved. Looks like I need to start checking out my local Goodwill store!

Cheers,
Douglas
[Smile]

Posted by Timothy Price (Member # 1832) on September 17, 2010, 07:10 AM:

Love Goodwill!

This was a true find! I asked if I could borrow a power chord to test it and they came out with the original box filled with all the accessories!

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