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Topic: platter update?
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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man
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Posts: 4718
From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 02-04-2003 10:04 PM
The reed switches were a good idea when they built that thing....
I am surprised they lasted as long as they have. I converted mine to micros about one year after I bought them.
Are you talking about the back tension on the payout or take up? If it is pay-out, the previous suggestion will probably do the job. Xetron's "free fall" was feather touch. There was no impedance whatsoever. It drove me nuts, too. It was funny to see the sag get greater and greater until it touched the floor before it would stop.
The platter said:
"Fine...You want some more, here it is..if you want it to pile up on the floor, that's your problem, not mine." (nothing like walking into the booth and find 2,000 feet of film on the floor, and the platter giving it more without the projector running)...The answer to that problem was to make sure the elevator was clear to the top! (and not mid-way because you forgot to turn on the take-up motor.)
I am sure you XNR owners can relate to that one.
Those platter had a mind of their own.
For the pay-out mode, hanging the anchor on the variac arm may not be needed in your case, but it was on mine. I had about a 25 foot run from the projector to the platter. The projector was a fast starter and the platter's elevator could not compensate for it fast enough most of the time. And, even if it did, the film was so saggy that it wanted to drag on the floor. Even with a weight on the variac arm, the film sag still got too close to the floor. I had to install roller brackets mid-way, and that corrected the problem.
I have to admit, I really did like that old XNR machine. If threaded properly, that thing would not damage film! But they were really a cantankerous bitch to time, especially the 5-stacker.
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