Elmo ST800 replacement LEAD BALANCE WEIGHT

[Charles Titone]

Yes got the Flywheel! Everything except the bulb is working! I also found an Elmo KM100SM, paid very little for it, it is pristine, in the original box with the original Reel and 8mm adapters! Looks brand new, bulb works. The drive belt is rotten and in pieces, ordered a new one. So now I have the Eumig MarkS, Elmo ST800 and the KM100SM. Tried a digital capture with my Sony FDR AX43 4K cam set to 24p with the Eumig on 24 FPS, perfect no flicker at all, This is the perfect setup for 8mm. I upscale it with Topaz Video Enhance AI and can even add frames with Artificial intelligence using Flow frames, this can synthesize frames to produce 30 or even 60 FPS from and 18 FPS or even lower! Experimenting for best results.

[Larry Arpin]

So you got the weight balance? I just found one.

[Charles Titone]

Got the IEC socket in today, lubed up the gears, all runs well. Next issue, the bulb socket.. ordered a replacement from Van-Eck, found the bulb leads had corroded and the socket is bad. New bulb in hand waiting for the socket.

[Charles Titone]

Thanks for the link. Just to let everyone know I located all the parts I needed right here in North Carolina! I am changing out the ph163 plug for a standard iec connector, got the part from digikey. Belts were goo ebay supplied the belts for replacement. Keeping my fingers crossed it all comes together without any other problems.

[Jose Artiles]

theres a web page called todocoleccion is Spain where you can buy the part with others for a cheap price, try to register and contact the seller using a traslator if necessary. The flywheel he sells is from a st 600 but its the same part for the 800, heres is the link conjunto de piezas de recambio de proyector cin - Comprar Proyectores Antiguos en todocoleccion - 286240403

[Maurice Leakey]

Charles

I have never seen such a disaster in an Elmo.

Certain spares are non existent for a projector that is probably now about 50 years old, although Van Eck in the Netherlands do manufacture some spare parts for Elmos.

I suggest you try and find a projector which is being sold for repairs or spares. But probably not cheap. Here is one here in the UK on eBay.

Vintage Elmo ST800 Super 8 Sound Projector Untested Spare & Repair #101 | eBay

[Brian Fretwell]

A slightly bad casting can sometime take years to reveal its faults. That's why the ultrasonically test railway vehicle axles periodically to see if any potentially dangerous cracks start appearing.

[Winbert Hutahaean]

This is my broken flywheel. Help me find a new one. It is weirdly cracked all over even on the rim.

I was reapiring a water faucet made of (kind like) steel recently. It was old. When I turned it left to get it loose, it broke like that. There were crackings everywhere and some parts became like chips and powdery.

So I believe there is a material that would be like that after years although it looks strong and heavy.

Just a thought.

Cheers,
Winbert

[Charles Titone]

This is my broken flywheel. Help me find a new one. It is weirdly cracked all over even on the rim.

[Xander van der Merwe]

Thanks Steve, I will certainly try that and report back.

[Steve Klare]

Very often the ones sitting around waiting for a new home build up oxides on the switches that the audio signals can't get past.

This often works, not always, but often enough:

https://8mmforum.film-tech.com/cgi-b...c;f=1;t=009425

[Xander van der Merwe]

I’ve just received an ST800 as part of a bulk film purchase and it is in excellent condition, except for no sound… time to take it the “repair shop”…. I have a GS1200 and a couple of ST1200s but this ST800 seems like a very nice projector. Sorry for the off topic comment.

[Steve Klare]

I saw "Elmo ST800 replacement LEAD" and I thought "Oh, NO! -another lost power cord!" (-bad one to lose, too...)

Then I saw "LEAD balancing" and I thought "It's a single phase circuit: it's automatically balanced!

Then I saw "weight", and I finally gave up and opened the thread.

(Besides, I'm pretty sure it's aluminum!)

[Maurice Leakey]

I believe that this is not an actual picture of Charles' projector.
It does seem to be an original from Van Eck's website.
Elmo Sound ST-800 Magnetic – Spare Part Finder – Van Eck Video Services (van-eck.net)

[Steve Klare]

Well, I suppose it is possible for one of these to literally become broken.

-I'd hate to image what the projector it was installed in would look like afterwards, but it's at least possible!