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Author Topic: Shake Rattle & Role!!! Andrew Bangs Expert Film Handler Posts: 148 From: Kerrville, Texas, United States Registered: Sep 2008 posted 08-03-2009 10:48 PM                        On a saturday night this is a good thing! inside a projector not so much... I have got a projector that has developed a nasty little shake in the picture. The film is not being damaged and the kids have seemed to arrest the shake by wedging a cloth between the door and the framing handle. The picture jumps up & down when the handle is not wedged. But this is a cheesy fix and I would really like to figure out a proper solution. I figure something has to be loose somewhere but where to start looking is the real question. I already went for the Faming handle and every thing in and on it is tight as far as I can tell. Could their be something in the gear box? In any case I am stumped as to where to look next. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks again!  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 08-03-2009 11:52 PM                    What equipment are you using?  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 08-04-2009 12:54 AM                        Sounds suspiciously like a Ballantyne framing coupler.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-04-2009 09:26 AM                     Don't you have Chineese projectors???  |  IP: Logged Randy Bowden Expert Film Handler Posts: 146 From: Portland, OR, USA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 08-05-2009 12:07 AM                     You mean a Pro-35 is NOT supposed to do that  |  IP: Logged Andrew Bangs Expert Film Handler Posts: 148 From: Kerrville, Texas, United States Registered: Sep 2008 posted 08-06-2009 02:38 PM                        Sorry I thought I was infamous here for my problems with Horizon Chines projectors.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-06-2009 04:42 PM                     When you refer to the door do you mean the trap door or door that closes over the entire mechanism If it is the outside door try pusshing in on the framing handle as probably one of the screws or taper pin (I don't know how the machine was constructed other than conjecture from other machines) is either loose or worn allowing the torque of the intermitent to hammer the framing shaft in and out  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-07-2009 08:46 AM                     quote: Randy Bowden You mean a Pro-35 is NOT supposed to do that Good one Randy!  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 08-07-2009 01:34 PM                     Gee, wonder if those Horizons are valid for the "cash for clunkers" program? You get better mileage from a Century or Simplex .... (pun intended... ) -Monte  |  IP: Logged Andrew Bangs Expert Film Handler Posts: 148 From: Kerrville, Texas, United States Registered: Sep 2008 posted 08-07-2009 07:35 PM                        believe me monte I have thought about it but the big wigs are happy that we have not had any more major malfunctions this summer aside from a bit of trouble with the air conditioning in a few of the theaters this last week but that was due to some idiot driving into our power lines a few days ago and causing a major power surge to the building. Funny enough it didn't affect the projectors one bit. Gordon: How easy would you say it might be "generally speaking" to remove and replace the taper pin? Mind you I have another projector now sitting around collecting dust after our digital install.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-09-2009 09:06 PM                     Taper pin removal will require a taper pin removal tool or a V block and punchs Again I don't know how the machine was assembled could you post the parts manual and a pix of the back off  |  IP: Logged Andrew Bangs Expert Film Handler Posts: 148 From: Kerrville, Texas, United States Registered: Sep 2008 posted 08-12-2009 12:55 AM                        I'll try for the pix but It allready sound like a bit more than I need to get into. I may just end up replacing the whole front half of the darn thing or leave the rag till we get some techs out here.  |  IP: Logged

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