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Author Topic: The Ten Simplex Projector Commandments Matthew Bailey Master Film Handler Posts: 461 From: Port Arthur,TX Registered: Sep 2000 posted 02-01-2002 04:06 PM                     I just had an idea involving ten Simplex projector commandments. You post the rest. Number 10 is Thou shalt not drop the intermittent assembly when removing or installing it.  |  IP: Logged Paul Harnden Expert Film Handler Posts: 107 From: Chandler, AZ, USA Registered: Oct 2001 posted 02-01-2002 05:22 PM                     Commandment 9: Thou shall not put thine finger next to a running 35/70 sprocket, for if ye do thou whilst know true pain.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-01-2002 06:29 PM                     Hmmm..  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-01-2002 06:30 PM                     Commandment 8: Thou shall not use thy toothbrush to clean thy sprockets WHILE THY MACHINE IS RUNNING!  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-01-2002 08:34 PM                     Thou shalt anoint thy projector with the sacred oil.  |  IP: Logged Matthew Bailey Master Film Handler Posts: 461 From: Port Arthur,TX Registered: Sep 2000 posted 02-01-2002 08:59 PM                     Number 10 refers to what also happens to a starwheel or cam of an intermittent if you drop it you just might as well forget about using it again unless otherwise. Thou shalt drain the oil when moving,transporting or storing the projector or when closing the drive-in for a while.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-01-2002 10:18 PM                     1 read the f*/*&^ manual 2 the rest are in the above except 3 treat with professional respect  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 02-01-2002 11:49 PM                     6: Thou shalt not remove the spring on thee upper pad roller assembly, or though whilst spend hours trying to get it back on! (slight exageration, but I think you know my point. )  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-02-2002 12:12 AM                     Ken, they can be a bitch. Did you recall seeing that little hole in the thing the spring wraps around? Well, a paper clip works nicely in that little hole to keep the spring and its retainer compressed so it won't bounce across the booth a jillion times...  |  IP: Logged William Hardie Film Handler Posts: 8 From: Calgary, AB, Canada Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-02-2002 12:49 AM                     5 - Thou Shalt not take thy name "Simplex" in vain when all goes wrong and then wish it were a "Century". Thanks Ken for welcoming me to Film-Tech. Hopefully I'll make a worthwhile contribution from time to time. Cheers; The Westhills Elf  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 02-02-2002 09:54 AM                     Your Harley-Da... er, Simplex doesn't leak; it marks it's spot...  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 02-02-2002 10:12 AM                     ROFLOL! Paul, I know you can use a paper clip. Someone on this site told me about that. (Sorry, I can't remember who you are.) But that was long after I had my own unfortunate misshap! Now I'd rather not mess with it at all, paper clip or no.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-02-2002 01:12 PM                     Ken, If you think the upper pad roller spring is bad you should try a shutter compensator. Actually after yyou mess with either one for a while you'll find the easy way! Mark @ GTS  |  IP: Logged Don Sneed Master Film Handler Posts: 451 From: Texas City, TX, USA Registered: Aug 2001 posted 02-03-2002 12:20 AM                        commandment# 4.....thy shall not attempt to remove the intermittent movement without looking at the manual FIRST !!  |  IP: Logged Mathew Molloy Master Film Handler Posts: 357 From: The Santa Cruz Mountains Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-03-2002 01:20 AM                     Ken, I too have had the misfortune that befell you but I swear that pales in comparison to the torture I recently endured trying to put a footage counter back together. Sounds simple? Ha! Inside those numbered wheels are small brass whatchyamhoozies that are pure, undeniable evil.  |  IP: Logged

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