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Matthew Bailey
Master Film Handler

Posts: 461
From: Port Arthur,TX
Registered: Sep 2000

posted 06-23-2001 07:03 AM

I just thought of an idea of building a 35 millimeter Lego
projector without or with analogue optical sound. I am trying
to figue out what to do with the itens involved-the trap & gate,
intermittent movement,shutter,lenses, & upper & lower feed sprockets.
I am asking all of you in this forum to give me ideas & help.

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Jerry Chase
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1068
From: Margate, FL, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 06-23-2001 08:15 AM

First you have to design 35mm lego film...

Shouldn't this be in yak?

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Pete Naples
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1565
From: Dunfermline, Scotland
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 06-23-2001 09:20 AM

Surely LEGO would melt under the heat from the lamp???

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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

Posts: 10973
From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 06-23-2001 03:04 PM

With all the hype about DLP, shouldn't the LEGO company be working on something like "Digital" legos?

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Randy Stankey
Film God

Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99

posted 06-23-2001 03:27 PM

The way I see it, the hardest part would be finding a combination of Legos that would add up to 1-3/8 inches wide. The only thing I could think of is if you trimmed some of the blocks.

Does this projector need to actually work or would it be more for demonstration purposes? If it doesn't have to work, who said it has the be exactly to scale? Just make it a multiple of the real size based on the size of the blocks you are using.
If you want it to actually work, why don't you just make the frame out of legos and put real projector parts in where you need them?

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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 06-25-2001 12:07 PM

For all we know, Legos may be made out of recycled prints!:
http://www.fpcfilm.com/US/en/motion/FPC/fsc/fsc_main.html

1999
(72nd Academy Sci-Tech Awards)
Award of Commendation
Special Awards
Barry M. Stultz and Milton Jan
Friedman of FPC Incorporated
for the development and implementation of an
environmentally responsible program to recycle or
destroy discarded motion picture prints

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion

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Dwayne Caldwell
Master Film Handler

Posts: 323
From: Rockwall, TX, USA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted 06-28-2001 09:39 PM

I have a LEGO laptop. In fact I'm using it right now.

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