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Topic: Mounting DTS readers on Kinoton FP-30.
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Stephen Furley
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From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England
Registered: May 2002
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posted 09-22-2013 02:47 AM
The DTS-6D manual contains an engineering drawing of the bracket for Kinoton, the 'L' shaped D617, but it didn't seem to make sense; the mounting holes for the readers weren't in the right place. Yesterday I happened to look at the DTS for 70 mm manual; there's a drawing of a DP-75 and the brackets don't go where I thought they did, they mount on the front of the column, not the side.
However, in this position the readers would still prevent the use of 6k reels and while the council will allow me to drill a couple of holes to attach the brackets they insist that it must still be possible to use 6k reels.
I thought of extension brackets, or mounting the readers on the wall, but I think I may have found a better solution. The 70 mm manual shows a 'breakaway' system to enable a quick change between 35 mm and 70 mm readers where there isn't room to mount both at the same time. This consists of a D628 adapter plate which attaches to the brackets, and a spacing block (D626 for the 35 mm type) which screws to the back of the reader. The two parts are joined by a single thumb screw.
It occurred to me that by using these, 35 mm only, I could leave the readers off the machines most of the time, and quickly mount them when a DTS print was to be run, probably no more than once or twice a year. The 6k reels would clear the brackets with adapter plates installed. Is anybody familiar with this system? Would what I propose work? Are these parts still available? The Datasat website mentions the timecode readers but seems to give no details about mounting hardware.
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Stephen Furley
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Posts: 3059
From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England
Registered: May 2002
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posted 09-24-2013 01:38 AM
I don't think there is anywhere that the readers could be permanently mounted without either putting them very high, out of reach without using steps, or moving the projectors back to put them further forward. This cannot be done as there is only just room to squeeze through between the back of the lamphouses and rectifiers and the rewind bench as it is. Another factor is that anything which we propose to do to the machines has to be approved by the owners of the cinema. Something which looks makeshift is much more likely to cause problems than something using official DTS parts. The Kinoton 'L' bracket (D617) is fine, and if the 'Adapter panel (D628) is attached to it and the 35 mm 'spacing block' plate (D626) is attached to the reader then the readers could be attached and removed easily and without tools. The DTS equipment is only likely to be used occasionally, so the readers could just be attached when required. I've studied the DTS engineering drawings for the parts, and measured the projectors, and the brackets with adapter plate attached will clear Cinemeccanica 6k plastic reels, which have thicker flanges that the Kinoton wire type; there are about equal numbers of each.
I don't know if the D626 and D628 are still available, but I think they would provide the best solution if they are. To be honest, 6k reels are unlikely to be used in future, but we are required to keep the option available. There will only be a handful of shows on film each year, with each shown only once or twice, so they will probably be run on 2k reels.
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