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Author Topic: SDDS sproket set-screw size? Rick Long Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 759 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Nov 1999 posted 08-19-2001 01:36 AM                     On a few of the SDDS-equipped installations I visit, I have found a problem with loose sprocket set-screws. I have, however been unable to find the proper allen (U.S or Metric) or torx key to fit this set-screw. Anyone got an idea what size tool is needed to fit this screw? BTW, anyone else notice you can't edit your spelling on the Topic heading?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 08-19-2001 01:58 AM                     Is it page 22 of this document?  |  IP: Logged Rick Long Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 759 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Nov 1999 posted 08-19-2001 02:04 AM                     Thank you, Brad.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-19-2001 01:36 PM                     Which reader? 2000 or 3000? Steve ------------------ "Old projectionists never die, they just changeover!"  |  IP: Logged Rick Long Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 759 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Nov 1999 posted 08-19-2001 03:09 PM                     2000, actually.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-19-2001 09:04 PM                     The Sprocket on the 2000 is actually a LaVezzi sprocket. The set screw shouldn't be a strange size and I think it is english. Perhaps your allen key set is not complete? Or perhaps the set screw has been stripped. Steve ------------------ "Old projectionists never die, they just changeover!"  |  IP: Logged Matthew Bailey Master Film Handler Posts: 461 From: Port Arthur,TX Registered: Sep 2000 posted 08-19-2001 09:43 PM                     Can you find a wrench you can get machined to the correct size? If not,replace them with slotted screws & use those jewler's type screwdrivers.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-21-2001 05:55 PM                     Just checked my manual.... It is a 10-24 x 3/16" set screw...therefore, you should be able to find an allen key to fit it in a standard set. Steve ------------------ "Old projectionists never die, they just changeover!"  |  IP: Logged Rick Long Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 759 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Nov 1999 posted 08-22-2001 07:20 PM                     Thank you Steve and Matthew.  |  IP: Logged Rick Long Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 759 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Nov 1999 posted 08-28-2001 06:28 PM                     Turns out Steve was right (so what else is new?). It is a 10-24 thread, driven by a 3/32 allen key. The balled end on the long end of the Chesco allen keys dosen't seem to touch it, but the standard key does.  |  IP: Logged

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