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Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 23, 2012, 12:16 PM:
I think my Eumig Mark-S 710D has a little variable sound, or it might be the copy of Star Wars I've got ... But is it easy to clean the sound heads? Do I need to take the whole sound head parts out or is it something I can do without disassembling it?
Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on November 24, 2012, 07:37 AM:
Hello Vidar, I clean the sound path and heads on my Eumigs with
a flat piece of balsa wood with a lens tissue wrapped around it soaked in Methylated Spirit, the reason I use a bit of wood is
because as you know any metals would scratch. If your set up
doesn't allow for this ( if there isn't the room) then you could use
a piece of scrap film with a bit of thin cloth attached soaked in
spirit, then pull back & forth through the path to remove any debris that might have collected.This is quite safe and won't
harm your heads.
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 24, 2012, 11:20 AM:
Super tip ... Not sure what's easiest, but will check it out. It was however the volume knob that has a problem. I twisted it back and forth a bit and the sound got normal. I think there is a spray available for this
Thanks again
Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on November 24, 2012, 02:20 PM:
Vidar,
Please look back through your posts.
A few days back I answered one of your questions with Paul Adsett's instructions on disassembling and cleaning Eumig heads.
(Topic: "How to clean the film path on Eumig?: November 20th.)
Posted by Vidar Olavesen (Member # 3354) on November 24, 2012, 03:58 PM:
I know, but that is too heavy for me :-/
Don't want to take it apart
Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on November 24, 2012, 04:28 PM:
I understand. I work in electronics professionally, I work on my own car and basically built a new projector from the wreckage of two dead ones, but still when I saw those instructions I was a little concerned.
Take it one step at a time and it's actually not that bad!
It's the best thing too: it gets you directly to the heads so you can be sure you are really getting them clean.
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