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Author Topic: Simplex LL3 Base Don Furr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 509 From: Sun City, Ca USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 02-04-2009 04:52 PM                     Does anyone have a picture of a LL3 Simplex base? Got one....Thanks Phil [ 02-04-2009, 08:14 PM: Message edited by: Don Furr ]  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-05-2009 08:36 AM                     Okay....glad you got one...I was going to say...the LL3 is the Simplex pedestal that most folks would be familiar with. It was the basic Simplex pedestal with a rectangular footprint. The other one people would know is the LL1 (aka "Heavy Duty"). I have uploaded to Brad the Parts sheet on the LL3/LL6 (the picture of the pedestal was a poor photocopy that I scanned...sorry...but the actual parts sheet is decent). I also sent Brad the Pedestal selection chart that shows the two basic styles and their relative projection heights based on down angle...and its "In Color." Steve  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-05-2009 12:20 PM                        LL1s: Are the bases on this next picture (below) LL2s or LL3s? (Steve will recognize this booth.) Also, these particular bases have a lateral adjustment at the back that I have not seen elsewhere. I don't know if it was part of the base or something home-made. I assume that the purpose was to allow re-centering the projectors for full-frame silent films (which I never personally showed in that theatre; the building itself was built well into the "talkie" era and the bases are not original to the theatre). (sorry...these are not the greatest pictures, but they are what I had available)  |  IP: Logged Don Furr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 509 From: Sun City, Ca USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 02-05-2009 12:38 PM                     Thanks guys for the pictures and Steve thanks for your help!!  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-05-2009 01:12 PM                     Scott, The lower pictures are LL3s. The LL1s (Heavy Duty) always had the horizontal offset adjustments. It wasn't just for silent or sound...don't forget about 4-track magnetic. But also, it ensured that one could precisely center the image from both projectors for all lenses since you have vertical and horizontal adjustment. Steve  |  IP: Logged Robert Throop Master Film Handler Posts: 412 From: Vernon, NY USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-06-2009 08:36 AM                     The LL1 was introduced in 1937 so I think the horizontal offset adjustment was just intended for extra flexibility. Bob  |  IP: Logged

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