Toei Super 8 Sound, Dukane

[Jimmy Rivas]

Hi,

I’m new to the forum and was wondering if someone can tell me a little about two projectors I bought a couple of years ago. One is a Toei Super 8 sound and the other is a DuKane 8. I tried doing some research but could not find anything about these projectors. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

[Lee Mannering]

Well hello there.

The little Toei S8 was introduced around 1967 it was a simple projector made in Japan.
Low power sound amplifier
180m reel capacity
150 watt lamp 21.5 volts (Lamp cost in the UK around £20)
100 volt mains connection
Usual 18-24 frames per second speeds

In England the mains sales outlet was high street store Dixons.

[John Burgess]

Hi Jimmy, a few additions to the Toei spec. This was unusual as it had not only a magnetic sound head for recording and playback but also provision for optical sound playback, a feature only useful if you lived in Japan, as as far as I know optical sound film were never available anywhere else. The machine also was suitable for 230 volts mains operation. The amplifier was 6watt output and was a hybrid using valve and transistor. I've had a few of these over the years and they perform very well.
Good luck John

[Brian Fretwell]

That sounds like the standard 8 Toie, I haven't heard of a Super 8 one as mentioned in the first post, but did see the standard 8 version at a couple of events.
Did the original poster mean Standard 8?

[Maurice Leakey]

Here is something interesting from the "old" Forum.
8mm Forum: Toei Talkie 8M and standard 8 optical (film-tech.com)