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Charles Lubner
Film Handler

Posts: 78
From: Milwaukee, WI USA
Registered: Sep 1999


 - posted 02-21-2001 12:49 PM      Profile for Charles Lubner   Author's Homepage   Email Charles Lubner   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Brad and I had an interesting conversation a few nights ago. Would anyone on the forum be interested in seeing concession equipment manuals posted online, either here or somewhere else? Instead of Centurys and Christies, we'd be dealing with Cretors and Gold Medal. A lot of that stuff is hard to come by or requires buying one from the distributor. Repair tips would be great too. I'm sure a lot of us have had to fix one or two oil pumps in our careers.

Give Brad your thoughts!

John Pytlak
Film God

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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000


 - posted 02-21-2001 02:50 PM      Profile for John Pytlak   Author's Homepage   Email John Pytlak   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Thank goodness I no longer have to work on concession equipment maintenance, but for those that do, having the manuals and parts lists (especially for older models) would be very useful for many. I know Brad will make every effort to respect any copyrights, and hopefully the manufacturers will be happy to have their manuals posted. At the very least, links to the specific manuals already on-line by the manufacturers would be handy.

Please do keep them as a separate menu item from the projection and sound equipment, however.

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Ken Layton
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Olympia, Wash. USA
Registered: Sep 1999


 - posted 02-21-2001 08:45 PM      Profile for Ken Layton   Email Ken Layton   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
YES! I would like to see some form of concession manuals available on a seperate section.

How many of us have been called upon to fix snack bar equipment in a pinch or during a rush?!

I would like to see manuals for poppers, warmers, and butter machines. At the very least we need good clear schematic diagrams of the popper kettles and popcorn warmers and exploded views of the pumps on the butter machines---it seems as though the snack bar grunts are always loosing the parts in the hand pump on those units.

Older MANLEY poppers are still running in some theaters, so it would be nice to have manuals on those machines. I know Cretors is pretty good about sending out hard copies of manuals in the mail.

Like John says, too, I think that if a manufacturer already has an on-line manual please provide a link to it. There could be a problem on schematics on some of the popcorn poppers as some are much bigger than 11x17.


Brad Miller
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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99


 - posted 02-22-2001 03:44 PM      Profile for Brad Miller   Author's Homepage   Email Brad Miller       Edit/Delete Post 
If anyone has manuals dealing with anything outside of projection and sound that they can send photocopies of, or knows of their existence online, please email me about it.

(I will definitely keep it separate so nothing gets jumbled together.)

William Hooper
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From: Mobile, AL USA
Registered: Jun 99


 - posted 02-22-2001 11:24 PM      Profile for William Hooper   Author's Homepage   Email William Hooper   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
quote:
If anyone has manuals dealing with anything outside of projection and sound that they can send photocopies of, or knows of their existence online

Here's the Spencer Turbine Company's Orgoblo manual!

http://barton.theatreorgans.com/orgoblo.htm

Looks like a cute little single phase 5hp blower on the cover.

I'll try to rustle up the manual for a Woods sump pump next!


Daryl Lund
Film Handler

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From: Chehalis,WA, USA
Registered: Feb 2000


 - posted 02-23-2001 11:29 PM      Profile for Daryl Lund   Email Daryl Lund   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Will Ken Layton be the king of manuals on this one also? Brad you schould see Kenny's
living room He has more books and manuals than Bill Gates has money.

Rick McCluney
Film Handler

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From: Ocean Springs, MS, USA
Registered: Nov 2000


 - posted 07-05-2002 08:56 PM      Profile for Rick McCluney   Email Rick McCluney   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Bumping this up to the top. Has there been any movement on this or has it become a dead issue?

Rick McCluney

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Brad Miller
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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
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 - posted 07-05-2002 09:38 PM      Profile for Brad Miller   Author's Homepage   Email Brad Miller       Edit/Delete Post 
If someone sends the manuals in, we'll take care of it.

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