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Author Topic: Those Brenkert gears Greg Mueller Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1687 From: Port Gamble, WA Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-04-2000 08:58 AM                        Talking with Ken Layton the other day he mentioned that there might be a need for gears for the Brenkert. I'd like to get an example of one each to see if I could make them Ken describes them... "The gears in question are small bevel types. The original Brenkert part numbers were X-1404 and X-1405 which drove the internal and external shafts for the counter-rotating shutters." If you've got either of these, dead or alive, maybe you'd loan them to me to see if I can do it. Thanks ------------------ Greg Mueller Amateur Astronomer, Machinist, Filmnut  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 12-04-2000 01:47 PM                        I've got 4 Brenkert BX-60's - two that work - and the other two for parts. All of my machines are complete and intact. How hard is it to remove the gears in question from the machine? On another note: Since I replaced the main shaft "shear pin" about a month ago, that machine is a little harder to turn over by hand. I tightened the set-screw that holds the shaft in place to keep the drive shaft from working it's way out of the projector. Could I have gotten that screw too tight?  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-04-2000 02:13 PM                        I'm not sure if it was posted here or at one of the film-collector web sites, but I'm pretty sure that (as of a year or two ago) there's a guy in the US who is selling new-old-stock RCA/Brenkert parts. I'll try to dig up his contact information, but I can't guarantee that I have it anywhere.  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 12-04-2000 08:26 PM                        I bought some parts for my Brenkert's from "Sonic Sales & Service" several months back. I was told by the folks at Ed Wolk in Chicago, that they sold there entire Brenkert parts inventory to "Sonic Sales & Service". The parts I recieved were NOT N.O.S., but scavenged. You can contact them at the address below. Sonic Equipment Company P.O. Box 381 210 N. Washington Street Iola, Kansas 66749 Phone: (316) 365-5701 Fax: (316) 365-2753 Hope this helps  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-04-2000 09:34 PM                     The gears in question are for the BX-80 model (with the two counter-rotating shutter blades). They have been unavailable for a long time.  |  IP: Logged John Eickhof Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 588 From: Wendell, ID USA Registered: Jan 2000 posted 12-05-2000 12:21 AM                        These gears fit the BX-40, 42, 80, 82, and RCA 100 (the 100 uses the coarse gear) The BX-60 does NOT employ these type of shutter drive gears. I still have several in stock. NEW email me!  |  IP: Logged

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