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Author Topic: Century G-1 info needed Will Kutler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1506 From: Tucson, AZ, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 08-29-2001 09:39 PM                     Hi gang! Can anyone please supply me with any tech. publications or info regarding the Century G-1? G-1 has me thinking that it is a government or military unit. The film compartment door resembels an SA and the gear compartment looks like an SA or "C". I already called Strong and Wolk--no books by them available. I forgot what the lens barrel dia. is. Thanks  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-29-2001 09:55 PM                     It is probably one of the Gunnery Trainer units that waller of cinerama was involved in  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-31-2001 12:45 PM                     Will, I rebuilt that intermittent late last year for the Rex Allen. It should be in GRO. Gears and other parts may be the same as a model C. If not then you're stuck in the mud so to say. The movement was a C model though. Mark 2 GTS  |  IP: Logged Kelsey Black Film Handler Posts: 58 From: Pima, Arizona, USA Registered: Aug 1999 posted 08-31-2001 12:50 PM                     Having been the previous operator of the machine in question, allow me to share what I know of it that may help you. I was told that it's a C. (the plate on the front of it looks like it's been stamped more than once, so wether it's a C or a G-1 is questionable) The person to ask about it's history prior to my envolvement with it is Bruce Wicks, as the machine was previously owned by him. I have replaced gears in it as needed, the intermittent was rebuilt by Mark Gulbrandsen late last year. When I left that theater, that projector ran top notch. (which unfortunately can't be said of everything else in that booth) Kelsey @ GTS  |  IP: Logged John Eickhof Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 588 From: Wendell, ID USA Registered: Jan 2000 posted 09-01-2001 04:02 PM                        If it really is a model G1, it will have a very thin shutter housing barely enough room for the blade to fit without air fins! There will be machined surfaces on the front of it as well as the focus and framing knobs will be facing the operator on the film side. These were Link gunnery heads used for rear screen projection at short throws for the Link Machine gun training units. They are identical to the C projector except for the shutter housing mod and originally had a 'GR' type movement that allowed use with a three blade shutter for fast pulldown. Most likely the one mark mentioned is the GR type but had been 'O' overhauled and most likely converted back to a standard C movement, if not, the film will pull down very fast like the Simplex high speed movements. (tough on splices!) LTV/Link had several dozen of these machines made for training during and after WW2. The extra machining on the case was for timing & selsyns to interact with the vacuum tube electronics that operated the gun tracking etc. to score hits or misses by counting frames of film versus the shots and positions fired on the screen. Century (as usual) kep very little documentation on these, I would suggest contacting LTV if they are still around) I had 8 of these heads installed in Las Vegas for years and they ran great except the shutter would give problems if it was warped by the lamp!! I still have an original G-1 & G-3 head in my collection. (The G-3 had cast in 3/4" pipe threads in the front of the case to mount in the Link frame assy.) ------------------ John Eickhof President, Chief Slave Northwest Theatre Equipment Co., Inc. P.O.Box 258 Wendell, ID. 83355-0258 208-536-5489 email: jeickhof@nteequip.com  |  IP: Logged

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