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Author Topic: Help Identify this Platter Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 06-20-2005 12:31 PM                        I can't figure this platter out. By the color and the fan-blade like supports under the decks, it looks like a STRONG, but the "T-shaped" column support legs threw me off. My existing STRONG AP3 has "V-shaped" legs on the bottom. Also, where are the drive motors on this thing? By the looks of it they've been stripped off, or maybe their just not visible from this angle. Looking at buying this at a local Auction this week, and wanted to know what it was.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-20-2005 12:58 PM                     Look like either an early Potts, BALCO, or XeTron. (all basically the same platter save for some cosmetic differences, and the placement of the motors on the XeTron version). The MUT does look like the XeTron one though (reels go on the side, like a Christie MUT) EDIT: After closer examination, I am pretty sure it is the XeTron platter: The motors are very similar to the ones used in the current NeuTronic platter, but are mounted in between the tree and the disc (you can see them if you look closely at the pic) The majority of the other parts used on these are the same as the early Potts/Balco platters. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 06-20-2005 01:03 PM                     TECO..........  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-20-2005 01:34 PM                     If its a TECO or Neurotic, then pass on it. Junk! Mark  |  IP: Logged Gregory N. Jones Film Handler Posts: 27 From: Newtown, CT, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-20-2005 02:30 PM                        Hey Barry, Nope, not an XNR or Neutronic (or as Mark says Neurotic platter). It looks very similiar to our early XNR platters but they had "V" shaped legs, trolley assembly was on the bottom rear of mast and the control assemblies were mounted directly under the platter disc's on the side of the support arms. I believe it is a very early Pott's platter.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-20-2005 03:31 PM                     Greg, If you blow the photo up it looks like neither an early XNR nor an early Potts.... Potts(and pans)didn't have that style MUT either... this ones way too fancy. Look at that funky take up speed control lever at the bottom right side ofthe column...... Motors are also mounted on the column in Neumade fashion...... Looks ome made to me....... Those seats on the floor are the better deal at that location though......  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-20-2005 05:41 PM                     I almost want to say Xetron also.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 06-20-2005 07:58 PM                     That's the same platter/mut shown in the Pines Theatre Photo Tour and identified as a TECO.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 06-20-2005 09:42 PM                        Adam is correct. It is a TECO....certainly not the worst platter made...most parts available at Grainger. Certain of our customers have this platter and have had good results. Probably not as good as your Potts/Strong. Louis/Hadden  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-20-2005 09:46 PM                     Grumble! Grumble! Grumble!  |  IP: Logged Adam Fraser Master Film Handler Posts: 499 From: Houghton Lake, MI, USA Registered: Dec 2001 posted 06-20-2005 09:57 PM                        Yep, thats a TECO, it has worked well for us for about 25 years with no major problems so I guess they aren't so bad. Very simple design, all the boards look to be bench made and not on an assembly line.  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 06-21-2005 06:08 PM                        You guys were right. Went and looked at the auction items today. TECO platter, Ballantyne Pro 35 projector & a Christie Console - all to be sold as one lot. The water-logged ceiling tiles above the platter had collapsed onto the top deck and none of the rollers turned very freely at all. I think I'm gonna pass on this one. So I guess I'm still looking for a 3 deck platter - Strong AP3 or equivalent.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-23-2005 03:43 PM                     I have had very little trouble from the Tecco Platters there are about 30 of them up here that I know of The painted platter decks did have some static issues though Also I saw someone erase a 4track mag print on one with the little magnet that is on the payout arm  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 06-24-2005 03:42 PM                        quote: Gordon McLeod The painted platter decks did have some static issues though For platters with non-conductive surfaces that don't provide a good path to ground to drain static buildup on the print, treat the platter surface and any plastic rollers with a topical conductive antistat like "Static Guard", "Endust for Electronics", "Staticide", etc. These compounds usually contain quaternary ammonium salts, which are conductive in normal ranges of relative humidity. Conductive "platter mats" are also available, which can also help film laps not stick. The platter frame generally has a good ground connection through normal electrical grounding, but an additional ground connection to the frame can sometimes help. Although Kodak VISION Color Print Film has a transparent conductive layer on the back side to help control static, it does need a path to ground to be most effective.  |  IP: Logged

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