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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today
Posts: 12859
From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99
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posted 09-21-1999 01:04 AM
The fire marshall expects all booths to be using FilmGuard, which basically eliminates water damage! Really. In fact, Brad says that you can take a FilmGuarded print, toss it into a swimming pool, leave it there for a week, drag it out and it will run perfectly. J/K.  But as far as water damage is concerned, FilmGuard really works wonders.As far as the belts are concerned, doesn't even a year seem like an incredibly short lifespan? This is even when running the belts as loose as possible (but not so loose as to cause it to jump notches) and applying belt dressing, which really does help, by the way. And when you have 16 of these things like I do, it takes a loooooooong time to get them all changed out simply due to the cleaning of the inside of the machine that must occur at each belt change. Just the cleaning takes a good 45 minutes or longer. What are the advantages of belts, anyway? Christie's gear driven projectors were pretty good, from what I hear. And look at the Century projector!
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Heyward Garner
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 101
From: Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 06-30-2001 12:56 AM
Dude, I run Christies, and I do have the exact same problems. Their belts are horrible. I usually try to change them before they become a pain in my butt. The pulleys were a bitch! Once you've done a couple though, it's not too bad. Christie recently released a NEW pulley, yes NEW! Instead of aluminum, they offer steel now. I changed out four of ours back @ the end of Feb. and am fixing to do the rest here come the end of July, early Aug. My tech strongly suggested that changing the pulleys would increase belt life dramatically because the aluminum pulleys wear out and wear thin, thus creating a dilemma when expecting it to securely turn a floppy rubber thing that Christie sent to you. Anyways NO, you are not alone. =) Hope this is helpful.
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Randy Stankey
Film God
Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 06-30-2001 02:27 AM
I was just thinking about how to get those Lock-Tighted screws undone:Lock-Tite is a cyanoacrylite (sp?) based adhesive, isn't it? That's the same stuff that super glue is made of, isn't it? Super glue can be dissolved by acetone. If you ever checked the ingredients on that "super glue remover" that you can sometimes buy, it's made of acetone. In fact if you need a quick solution to remove spilled super glue you can use nail polish remover, which often contains acetone. Therefore, it stands to reason that nail polish remover (or acetone if you can get it) would be a good solvent for Lock-Tite. Maybe somebody could try it. Next time I come upon that situation I'll give it a try and report back.
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