Projector repairs

[John Burgess]

Steve Rowley is situated in the lovely Shropshire market town of Whitchurch. I recently met him by chance only to find out he is a retired cinema engineer. He also is a keen cine enthusiast especially 35/70 mm, but is familiar with most 8/16 mm projectors that most members use. He is conversant with both valve and tranny amps, and has test equipment etc. Recently he carried out repairs to 3 of my machines. I was v pleased with the results and found him to be extremely fair and a wealth of information .
You can contact him in the first instance on 01948 665091. I hope members find this information useful. John

[Glenn Kirby]

Just the guy I'm looking for My ELMO ST800 lost all sound from it? will contact him tomorrow see if he can repair it for me.

[John Burgess]

Hi Glenn, I am sure he will be able to help you.
cheers John

[Steve Klare]

Glenn,

This is always worth trying before resorting to surgery:

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

-especially with Elmo ST-800.

[Glenn Kirby]

Many thanks for the info Steve I have done all the items listed, will leave overnight and if no luck will pursue a repair guy.

[Steve Klare]

OK,

How about another standard “gotcha!”.

There is a connector between the main chassis and the cover. Quite often when people remove and replace the cover, they forget to re-plug it.

[Glenn Kirby]

My Elmo is with Steve now, my fingers are crossed he can repair it, will keep you guys updated.

[Glenn Kirby]

Bad news on my Elmo repair, Main sound card has gone, so that's another machine going to be used for spares.

[Mark Todd]

Sorry Glenn, I wonder if anyone on here has a spare machine they can get one from.

I suppose thats why some people have 10 or 20 + machines even these days.

Best wishes Mark.

[Martin Davey]

Is there a way that the sound can be taken directly from the head and amplified externally, avoiding the sound card entirely? Obviously some soldering and a new jack would be amongst the requirments needed.

[Brian Fretwell]

For play back I would assume so, but recording would be a completely different matter.