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Author Topic: $2 idea to protect platter brains when moving prints Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 06-24-2008 02:10 PM                        Just wanted to share this idea we had for protecting our non-removable brains during print movement. This large plastic bowl was purchased at Ace Hardware, but I'm sure something similar can be found at K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Target, etc.  |  IP: Logged Kenneth Wuepper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1026 From: Saginaw, MI, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-24-2008 04:08 PM                     Very cool idea. A SKULL Cap for the Brain!  |  IP: Logged Robert LaValley Expert Film Handler Posts: 104 From: Tampa, FL Registered: May 2007 posted 06-24-2008 05:29 PM                     Has it been that big of a problem?? dont get me wrong its a cool idea but I would think just being careful would be enough.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 06-24-2008 06:11 PM                        Being careful is usually enough, but just one slip while setting down a print could snap/bend a post. I'm sure you've heard the saying "an ounce of prevention..."  |  IP: Logged Robert LaValley Expert Film Handler Posts: 104 From: Tampa, FL Registered: May 2007 posted 06-24-2008 08:23 PM                     True true. I have heard that. And like I said it is a good idea. I guess I'm like alot of new people that have been spoiled by new equipment with removable payout heads. I know the potts platter that I had fixed brains on we were able to make a kit for it so I could put removable brains on it but to be honest I didnt do the work so I couldnt tell you how. But it is another solution although alittle more expensive then 2 dollars too.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 06-24-2008 10:20 PM                        You mean, you can't just remove the brain, like we can with our superior Strong platters???  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-24-2008 10:38 PM                        I'd rather pay for an ancient Christie platter like those than get a brand new Strong platter for free. Anyway Strong platters from that era have the wing over the cluster rollers in the brain, so both brands have improved since then.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-25-2008 12:23 AM                        We have the fixed brains in our platter but with 1 screen, there's never really a need to move a print. Once I contemplated ordering the kit to upgrade to the removable brains, just because some of the parts in the old brains were wearing out....but the price shocked me into buying some new parts for about a fiftieth of the cost.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 06-25-2008 12:31 AM                     Must have a board with a big "U" cut out in the middle to still scoop the print off the deck.  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 06-25-2008 02:59 AM                     Wow, I always assumed the AW3's shipped with removable brains. Although I barely noticed it was one, since it didn't have a lovely patina of deep scratches and drill holes like ours.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 06-25-2008 06:01 AM                        The cost to go to removable brains on Strong/Potts is not that great. Anything that shows up at our door (used) gets that conversion before going back out. (3 axles & 3 adapters.) Louis  |  IP: Logged Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 06-25-2008 10:43 AM                        Thats a good idea. I have seen a lot of bent and broken "fingers" on the actuator arm on christie aw3's  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 06-25-2008 11:38 AM                     This is the first I've ever heard of a Aw3 with a non removable brain. Even the ancient models at Mira Mesa had removable brains.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 06-25-2008 01:55 PM                     Mike, a lot of the AW#'s prior to say about the mid 1980's all had the fixed brains. I ran an eight-plex of them back in 1984. I think, and Bevan can confirm this, the removable brains came out in 1992-ish.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 06-25-2008 02:20 PM                     Cool - The ones I worked with must have been upgraded.  |  IP: Logged

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