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Sam Hunter
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: West Monroe, LA, USA
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 - posted 07-10-2003 04:32 PM      Profile for Sam Hunter   Email Sam Hunter   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I figured I would waste some of Brads server space by starting a thread that post pictures of things we have and don't know what it is or goes in.
<e first, I found this in a box of stuff I got with a couple of projectors I picked up. It looks something that would fit a older projector. Beats me.
What is it?
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Phil Hill
I love my cootie bug

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 - posted 07-10-2003 05:56 PM      Profile for Phil Hill   Email Phil Hill       Edit/Delete Post 
It looks like some sorta archaic projector gate. When the gate is closed, the knob moves outta the light path.

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Ken Layton
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 - posted 07-10-2003 06:13 PM      Profile for Ken Layton   Email Ken Layton   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Powers or Western Electric gate maybe?

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Andrew Duggan
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 - posted 07-11-2003 12:03 AM      Profile for Andrew Duggan   Author's Homepage   Email Andrew Duggan   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
It's certainly a gate of some kind, although judging by photos I've seen, I don't think it's a Western Electric.

This is a great idea for a thread. I can't count the amount of times I've been going through boxes of old parts, or old booths and come across things that can only be classified as "whatchamadiggits"...

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Hugh McCullough
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 - posted 07-11-2003 05:24 AM      Profile for Hugh McCullough   Author's Homepage   Email Hugh McCullough   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Looks like a sound gate.
I worked with a similar looking device on a BTH soundhead in 1959 fitted to a Kalee 12.

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Michael Schaffer
"Where is the
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 - posted 07-11-2003 06:38 AM      Profile for Michael Schaffer   Author's Homepage   Email Michael Schaffer   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Is it for 16 or 35mm?

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Leo Enticknap
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If it is anything to do with sound I don't think it can be for 16mm because one of those runners would obscure the track.

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Sam Hunter
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It appears to be 35mm.

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