Hi Ed! Although this seems like a really neat piece to start a project, I need something by the 20th in Boston and I can't pick up anywhere else. If you have any leads in the Boston area let me know, it would be greatly appreciated!
Best, Phil Film | Photography | Cinematography | Performance | Visuals www.philippe-leonard.com On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Ed Inman <edin...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Here's a Super Simplex projector head for sale that still has the handle > shaft installed. http://www.msusurplusstore.com/servlet/Detail?no=6780 > If you look at the video you will see a photo the handle shaft directly > under the glass window painted "Super Simplex" at the 50-second mark. > Assuming the projector head is serviceable, you would just have to mount > it on a stand with a lamphouse, attach a handle to the shaft & start > turning. You can probably remove the RCA soundhead and run the take-up reel > from a belt directly off the picture head if you are projecting silent > (which would probably make it easier to crank). I'm not sure I'd want to > pay $650 for equipment this old untested but they might make a deal. I have > a 1936 Super Simplex that still runs like a top. Just before you buy one > make sure it still has the handle shaft--many were removed (or perhaps > never installed) as most were motorized by the 1930s. And finding a spare > handle shaft may be far more difficult than finding a whole projector head > with one already installed. --Ed > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Philippe Leonard ** > Sent: Oct 6, 2013 10:16 AM > To: Experimental Film Discussion List ** > Subject: [Frameworks] 35mm hand crank projector > > Dear omniscient listserv, > > I will be doing a workshop in Boston (from Oct 9-22) and make a film that > will (ideally) requires a hand cranked 35mm projector for the final > screening scheduled for the 22nd at the Goethe Institute. Any leads on film > resources, darkroom, lab, film enthusiasts and such would be greatly > appreciated as I'm always looking forward to meet fellow filmmakers. I am > currently attending Views and if some of you holding answers to my > questions are here too let me know, we could meet up today! > > Looking forward to hear from you, > > Phil > **** > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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