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Author Topic: Help identify my Devry Alan Gouger Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 501 From: Bradenton, FL, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-06-2008 10:18 PM                        Ive posted pictures of my Blue Devry a few years ago on this forum. It has been sitting in storage for years and I just dug it out the other day and realized it has a stereo cell installed. It also has a strange intermittent I have never seen before along with a lever that sticks out of the top that moves the intermittent up and down. I am taking this apart to clean her up so the pictures show her with the gate assembly removed.The gate is a half gate compared to the gate in my other Devry. YOu can see the intermittent has a dedicated pinch roller that is also different. This projector is a completely different design then any other Devry I have seen. I have no idea where the oil drain screw is on this and the oil filler cap looks to be on the back side center top between the two chain drives. The builder plate does say Devry. Id love to know more about this machine. Thank you! [ 10-07-2008, 05:53 AM: Message edited by: Alan Gouger ]  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 10-07-2008 01:43 AM                     You'll have to fix your link in your note to make it work (looks like you doubled your HTML info in the URL box causing it not to load correctly), but it looks like an DeVry XD unit.  |  IP: Logged Alan Gouger Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 501 From: Bradenton, FL, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-07-2008 08:14 AM                        Hi Monte The link was working but I removed thinking it was against the forum rules or something. The intermittent in this projector is something I have never seen before along with the rest of the projector compared to other Devrys but I was happy to see the stereo cell. I was thinking to cleaning her up and getting here going again but was interested in seeing if anyone knew more about this design. Thank you!  |  IP: Logged Bob Koch Expert Film Handler Posts: 183 From: williams ca Registered: Nov 2001 posted 10-07-2008 08:31 PM                     De Vry!s primary use for the last 40 years has been as rowboat anchors. I will admit I`ve not seen this intermittent before.You will forgive my bias on this as during the war [ww 2] some of the most rotten and corrupt navy personnel chose DeVry over tried and acceptable commercial projectors;i.e. Simplex,Motiograph,Century,and Brenkert. As we were in a war this was not paid attention to, but,I for one will never forget it. Kind of reminds me of the Lehman Bros in the news the last few days.  |  IP: Logged Alan Gouger Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 501 From: Bradenton, FL, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-07-2008 08:48 PM                        I run a Christie P35C with a full play system but I also have a few Devrys I use for screening trailers or 2k reels before building a print. This Devry was my very first 35mm projector and at the time I had no idea what it was but moving on to something else it got tossed into storage. I dug it up this weekend house cleaning and was about to toss this one in the dumpster when I realized how different this was to other Devrys.  |  IP: Logged Steven H. Krams Film Handler Posts: 14 From: Miami, FL, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 10-09-2008 07:06 AM                     Your machine is Pre World War II. Many refinements and improvements were made over the years and finally culminating with the Model XD. De Vry made a number of models prior to the War starting in the 1920 ( Silent Portable machines) Despite the negative remarks and comments about the De Vry XD as purchased by the Armed services this machine fully met the specifications developed for Portable and Semi portable machines required by the Military. While there were numerous permanent installations using standard commercial machines during the war most were not. The XD has been around for nearly 70 years. It has been used successfully for decades. It was cheap and it functioned well when properly taken care of and operated properly. There are still a number in service which we support from time to time. Certainly commercial machines were better but then that was not what the XD was designed for. It compared favorably against the Holmes type 8 which also met the same specifications at the time.  |  IP: Logged Alan Gouger Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 501 From: Bradenton, FL, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-09-2008 10:53 AM                        Thank you Steven. Just what I was looking for.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-09-2008 09:04 PM                     The devry portable which was the same machine as the Devry Model 10 theatre machine without the pedestal under the lower magazine was far better than the Holmes portables The later Devry model XD was also a good machine I used to service many model 10's and XD machines in the caribean and northern canada The produced a very good image but the soundhead was a pain to align  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-10-2008 10:38 AM                     quote: Gordon McLeod The produced a very good image Thanks to the BB-66 Simplex intermittent they used!  |  IP: Logged

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