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Author Topic: What to do with old equipment? Ronda Fitzsimmons Film Handler Posts: 75 From: Pottstown, PA, USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 01-10-2013 10:05 AM                        As I'm looking through the lists of things to deal with for digital conversion, one I haven't seen on the boards is what folks are doing with the old equipment, other than Regal trashing it. I've found a market for the old sound equipment, and a possible market for the old rectifiers. Anyone have ideas on the projectors, soundheads, lamphouses, and platters?  |  IP: Logged Matthew McBride Film Handler Posts: 97 From: Tupelo, MS USA Registered: Oct 2011 posted 01-10-2013 10:26 AM                     Depending on who actually owns the equipment, one of the things you can do is try to sell the projectors, platters etc. for scrap metal. You can try posting the equipment on here in the classifieds, if you choose to go that route, make sure to read the rules carefully. One other possibility is to donate them to an art house or a college or a museum depending on what condition they are in.  |  IP: Logged Jeff Taylor Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 601 From: Chatham, NJ/East Hampton, NY Registered: Apr 2000 posted 01-10-2013 10:29 AM                     Also try the 35mm Film Collectors Forum (Jeff Joseph's site). Lots of people lurk there looking for equipment. 16mmfilmtalk also has a 35mm section.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-10-2013 12:10 PM                        We called a scrap yard, they sent someone out to pick it up. Paid us some money, not much.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-10-2013 12:15 PM                        You can always sell the lenses and other small items on Ebay. These and the sound equipment will probably get you more money than the rest of the equipment combined. I would suggest offering the projectos, bases, platters, automations, etc. to other theatres (possibly through the FS forum here). At the very least, save the lenses, intermittents, lamphouse reflectors (if good), platter motors, and any NOS parts that are lying around. Someone has a use for these items.  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 01-10-2013 01:13 PM                     Landfill  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 01-10-2013 02:24 PM                     If you've got room for it, keep it and show film with it from time to time?  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-10-2013 03:58 PM                        If you have a non-profit art theatre [cough-cough] nearby, see if they can use the equipment for spares. You can get a tax-deduction out of it.  |  IP: Logged Jack Theakston Master Film Handler Posts: 411 From: New York, USA Registered: Sep 2007 posted 01-10-2013 04:28 PM                     Those in the Central New York region should contact me about the possibility of donation for tax write-off.  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 01-10-2013 04:53 PM                        I gave all of my film equipment away to a community-owned theatre on the condition that they would come and pick it up on the day that I said it was ready to go. Which they did -- a guy came with a truck and enclosed trailer and helped haul everything out on the day after I played my last movie on film.  |  IP: Logged Jock Blakley Expert Film Handler Posts: 218 From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Registered: Oct 2011 posted 01-10-2013 05:17 PM                     I agree with Scott - try to keep or sell or at least keep from scrap as much as you can, with particular reference to sound equipment and anything that could be used as a spare part. As long as there are repertory prints, or even private collectors, there are going to be people trying to show them and they'll be needing to keep their machines in good condition.  |  IP: Logged Bernie Anderson Jr Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Woodbridge, New Jersey Registered: Apr 2000 posted 01-10-2013 05:50 PM                        I know a handful of places in the NJ area that could give you a tax deduction too. Keep or sell lenses, intermittents. There will still be places that will show film. I know MoMA will not be dropping their film shows anytime soon.  |  IP: Logged Gavin Lewarne Master Film Handler Posts: 278 From: Plymouth, UK Registered: Aug 2009 posted 01-10-2013 07:02 PM                     We badly needed to change our 2 changeover westars (totally knackered) and got a complete long play vic5, lenses, spares, spools and rectifier from another cinema going all-digital. The vic5 had 17!! hours on it from manufacture, and we got everything for an amazing price. It actually cost us more for the install and electrical rewire than the projector. As a small independent, was a godsend.........Id ask around the local independents and arthouses before calling the scrap people. This deal saved us an incredible amount of cash compared to other options, as although we ourselves are now 90% digital screenings, we will continue to play older films, specials and private hires whenever we can  |  IP: Logged

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