Bolex G8-18 "DuoFilm" dual-gauge movie film projector, Switzerland 1949

[Richard Bock]

I've never seen one of these beauties. Would like to buy it as it's a local sale but alas, the bulbs cost 35 dollars a piece. Anyone know if I could find a 'fix' for the lamp housing for an LED?

[Shane C. Collins]

Currently LED does not work for projection. But, you could upgrade to halogen which is your best option. Of course you would need to find a way to mount and install a halogen bulb. This might involve a custom made bracket, etc. Beautiful projector by the way!

[Maurice Leakey]

It's actually a G816.
Bolex Collector | Projectors | Model G

Maurice

[Richard Bock]

Some more pictures. It comes with 2 gates, 2 sets of rollers, 2 lenses and two gauges of lamp housing lenses. Here are some more pictures.

[Maurice Leakey]

Richard
This is truly a collector's piece, so my recommendation is to go for it if it has a reasonable price.
You can sort out the lamp situation later.

Maurice

[Brian Fretwell]

If it has a condenser lens system with a mains voltage lamp it might be possible to replace that with an LED array of a similar size to the filament of the lamp. A 10 or 50W LED and heat sink might fit. but it would take some experimenting to get it to work.