ELMO ST-600 D M 2-Track

[Philip Hamilton]

Hi everyone. I just picked up this projector - came with bad belts - not surprising. I installed new belts - upper and lower and removed all the old belt debris inside the projector.

It seems to work well. Nice quiet operation - looks hardly used but obviously sit for a long time. I am testing and evaluating it to determine if it is a "keeper". It seems to be.

But what would you recommend I look for to determine overall condition? It will need lubrication. Suggestions on what oil/grease and also what not to do?

I appreciate your feedback on this Projector. Thanks.

[Ken Souza]

Hi Philip

I get my lube from Steve Osborne-The Reel Image. There are two kinds you can get. I am not in from of the tubes to send you pictures of the products. I would contact Steve. He will get you all set with the right lube and stuff

[Steve Klare]

Hi Phillip,

I'm a fan of the ELMO STs: they have enough features to be generally useful without enough complexity to be unreliable. Let's face it: there are things that machines like the GS can do that if you really need them, there is no substitute, but when you don't....

I use Super Lube on my machines:

The Great Worm-Glop Weekend! (-a tale of projector lubrication!)

[Philip Hamilton]

Yes I have a tube of SUPER LUBE from Steve. Most imporant places to put a dab on? Anything else I should pay attention to or look at to see if it is over worn?

[Steve Klare]

I had great results digging the glop out of the worm gear and after it was clean applying a clean dab of Super Lube.

An important thing to look for in these machines is wear to the guides. Anywhere film contacts the guides it should only touch the edges. Sometimes when the film is forced to bend on a guide, the guide may wear those edges down to the degree that now the guide is contacting the film within the frames and potentially damaging the projected images. A usual suspect is the guide that wraps around the lower sprocket. Where the film first meets the wheel is a common wear point.

This is a bigger problem with the 1200' capable machines since it's so much easier to build up hours of run time. With 600 and 800 foot machines, they tend to be sued much more for shorts.

[Philip Hamilton]

Worm gear? You mean the horizontal brass looking one below the feeder spindle?

[Steve Klare]

Yes,

It takes the motor torque and sends it upwards to the upper sprocket and downwards towards the lower.

Here's one in one of my ST-800 parts machines:
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(Check out that glop!)

The thing here is there is a lot more sliding going on than other types of gears, so clean lubrication is going to give more smoothness and less wear.

[Mike Newell]

Super Lube is also available from Amazon in various forms. A little tube goes a long way

[Philip Hamilton]

Regarding the film rollers - the one on the incoming feed and then the two that are in the film path just before the film exits onto the take up reel?

Just clean with Alcohol? Or what about with FILM GUARD? Thoughts? Would film guard attract dust?

[Mike Newell]

You could head demagnetise the sound head. Just run a film that has been treated with film guard and then after clean with alcohol. I bought an Elmo 600 M in same condition and it cleaned up ready.

[Philip Hamilton]

So does film guard perform some sort of demagnetizing of the sound heads? Is that just a basic cleaning issue?

[Mike Newell]

[QUOTE=Philip Hamilton;n114943]So does film guard perform some sort of demagnetizing of the sound heads? Is that just a basic cleaning issue? [/

Head demagnetiser is a separate exercise from projecting a film that has been cleaned,

I would say the projector tends to sound a bit quieter after a film that has been recently cleaned is projected. It may however pick up dirt or dust on projector path if it is a machine that hasn’t been used for years or wasn’t cleaned often.