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Author Topic: New Christie Delrin Intermittent Shoes Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 09-21-1999 01:50 AM                        For a little over a month now, my theatre has been testing the new, black, delrin intermittent shoes on the standard package Chistie projectors. Have they made a difference? You bet they have! Normally we use tanks of CO2 to blow out each projector after each show. As it is now, we rarely ever use the CO2, even on Kodak prints. And when we do use the CO2, the projector is still much cleaner than it used to be in the past, before the delrin shoes. While all shedding has not been eliminated, it is a significant step forward. There is still some emulsion shedding going on, but it is very light. Has anyone else tried these? If so, what are the results?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 09-21-1999 02:00 AM                     No noticeable difference. But then I'm not running my prints dry.  |  IP: Logged Jim Ziegler Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 753 From: West Hollywood, CA Registered: Jul 99 posted 09-21-1999 02:25 AM                     Are they selling these new shoes yet, or are they still in the testing stage? If they are selling them, does anyone know the part number?  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 09-21-1999 07:24 PM                        Christie is still in the testing phase of the intermittent shoes. They are designing a new shoe assembly which should be available in a month or so which also includes wear indicators. Now that's gotta be interesting! Checking the shoes for wear will be like checking the oil in your car, only easier.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-24-1999 12:14 PM                     But I thought that it was a NO maintainance projector????? Why would they need wear indicators? Ha Ha  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 10-12-1999 01:53 AM                        The new shoes are still working great, however I think I may have discovered the first problem. The bottom loop flutters a bit from time to time. This never happened before I put the new shoes on. It is really hard to describe. Does anybody else see this side effect or am I just too incompetant to be handling delrin intermittent shoes?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 10-12-1999 02:04 AM                     I've noticed the problem on the old shoes as well. That's why I recommended putting guard rails on the underside of the Ultramittent to prevent scratching and keep the noise down.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-12-1999 09:35 AM                     Maybe they should add the roller that the pro35 has under the gate as a loop absorber  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 10-12-1999 09:47 AM                     I've never run a Christie projector, but the Simplexes/ Cinemecannica's I use hardly leave anything in the gate. Neither did the Centurys or Norelcos. Is this a common problem with Christies?  |  IP: Logged

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