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Author Topic: Teco Rubber Pads Robert Saba Film Handler Posts: 7 From: Mesquite, TX, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-13-1999 05:59 AM                       Does anyone know where I can get a hold of a certain print protection item made by a company called 'Teco'? They're wooden/plastic disks with a soft rubber bottom used to tuck tails and prevent prints from sliding off the platter. We tried getting a hold of some, but the patent was supposedly bought out by Christie... Surely someone has to have some kinda stock somewhere. We used them at my last theatre and they worked out wonderfully.  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-13-1999 09:30 AM                     They are called the "Stick-A-Poo" and are made by Teco (Theatrical Electronics Co) 1122 Industrial Drive Mathews, N.C. 28105 1-800-863-8326 fax: 704-845-1709 Most theater supply dealers have them in stock and can also be ordered from them.  |  IP: Logged Rick Uhlhorn Film Handler Posts: 11 From: Cedar Park, Texas USA Registered: Oct 1999 posted 12-20-1999 01:43 AM                     i took the metal flange off our old sucker cups, rebent them and drilled a self tapping screw into the top of the stick e poo and that sure holds the film on much better. also they are no longer wooden, they are plastic and when you drop them on the floor they break apart where they are glued together. and the rubber stuff on the bottom comes out of the little holes that it is poked in if you try and slide the thing around. keep a tube of glue in the booth.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-29-1999 09:48 AM                     Cinema Products International in Nashville also distributes the pucks. Contact them at 1-800-891-1301  |  IP: Logged Joshua Waaland Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: Cleveland, Ohio Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-29-1999 04:07 PM                     I just learned of Teco pads a few weeks ago. They are pretty cool! Up until then I was only familiar with suction cups, magnets, and yes, paper clips!  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-05-2000 12:22 AM                        And don't forget the loop of gaff tape sticky side out stuck on the flat part of a 20 oz. Cherry Coke twist top. They'll work until the Stick-A-Poos arrive.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-05-2000 03:11 AM                     Am I missing something here? I just tuck the tail under and have never had a problem. Soooooo much simpler and quicker.  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-06-2000 04:10 AM                        quote: I just tuck the tail under and have never had a problem The tail will not reliably stay tucked on the platters here. I assume everyone has tried tucking the tail, but they still are selling Stick-A-Poos, suction cups, & angle things so I guess I'm not alone...  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-06-2000 04:25 AM                     What kind of platters do you have and how do you tuck the tail? Assuming the soundtrack edge is up, does the soundtrack point inward towards the center ring or outward on the tuck? Look at the tuck on the 70mm print in this picture. That's how I do it and have never had a wrap of any sort. I call these "outward" tucks, as the top edge of the film is pointing outward. They should always be pulled tight. I have found "inward" tucks will attempt to straighten out at the end of the film and come loose. The picture below is a shot of an "loose" inward tuck. If the loop of film in this example was pulled tight, then the chances of the tuck coming loose are significant.  |  IP: Logged

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