Could you forward the link to David Tetzlaff's website with the solution for the focus knob? I have this problem with two projectors at the moment.
Thanks, Nate On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Mike Morris <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello all, > > I've had good luck with finding recommendations here for common repairs on > Eiki projectors but I haven't been able to find anything about a similar > problem that I've run into on an Elmo projector. Like the grommet/bushing > inside the focus knob on Eiki's that turns into rubbery gunk, the black > rollers that engage to guide the film through the slot close to the rear of > the Elmo (3 or 4 of them, one right by the exciter lamp for the optical > reader) have decomposed into tar. In an Eiki, similar rollers are just white > plastic i believe, but in this case they were some kind of rubber that > obviously didn't have much of a shelf life. Any recommendations for what to > replace these with? The heat shrink idea from David Tetzlaff's website > worked perfectly for the focus knob, but I don't know that I could find any > big enough for these rollers, or if that would be ideal for coming into > contact with the film...Any ideas welcome! Thanks so much! > > Mike Morris > Dallas, Texas > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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