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Author Topic: GAUMONT BELL & HOWELL model 609 Stan Gunn Expert Film Handler Posts: 176 From: Clematis, in the hills near Melbourne Australia Registered: Aug 2000 posted 03-15-2002 10:58 PM                        I have 2 pairs of GAUMONT B&H 609s, one good pair, one not so good.I need service/parts manuals for these, and a circuit for the British sound system. I hope to be able to use them in a months time for a drive in movie show for puffing billy steam train here in Melbourne, to raise some funds for restoration work. They are fitted with Kalee universal lamp houses, These are a great machine for this type of work,and IMHO have better light output than your fancy xenon machines, but then I have a biased view on this subject. Does anyone have further comments on these machines. ------------------ KALEE FOREVER. CARBON ARC, THE ONLY LIGHT FOR THE STARS! ALL PARTS FOR VICTOR AND KALART VICTOR 16MM PROJECTORS.SERVICE TO 35 AND 16MM PROJECTION EQUIPMENT. 35MM sprockets made to order.  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 03-16-2002 10:37 AM                     Stan: My buddy Daryl Lund at the Chehalis Theater has an EXCELLENT copy of the service manual for this model. Contact him at DJLund1979@aol.com and tell him I sent you.  |  IP: Logged David Kilderry Master Film Handler Posts: 355 From: Melbourne Australia Registered: Sep 1999 posted 03-21-2002 03:08 AM                        ..................or you could go a late model Bell and Howell with a Gemini lamp and a tower system! Easy to move, no tips dropping off, no changeovers, steady light, no big power supply etc etc. I agree with you on the romance of it all Stan, but the less I have to haul around the better. Regards, David  |  IP: Logged Stan Gunn Expert Film Handler Posts: 176 From: Clematis, in the hills near Melbourne Australia Registered: Aug 2000 posted 03-22-2002 04:03 AM                        DAVID! shame on you, suggesting that a gemini would would replace a real light source,I suggest I supply the plant for paddock 2, carbon of course. Would you please give me a call soon as pos. Regards Stan ------------------ KALEE FOREVER. CARBON ARC, THE ONLY LIGHT FOR THE STARS! ALL PARTS FOR VICTOR AND KALART VICTOR 16MM PROJECTORS.SERVICE TO 35 AND 16MM PROJECTION EQUIPMENT. 35MM sprockets made to order.  |  IP: Logged

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