Hmm. I have two small lamp houses I am not using, I should put them on the market. Didn't realize the demand was that high.
On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 11:34 AM, Scott Dorsey <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually 1/100th of advertised might be kind of high as well. There is a > LOT > of this equipment pretty much available for the asking right now. > > The problem with a lot of this is that you can get the projectors for free, > the lenses for very close to free, but then you find yourself spending a > lot > of money on transport, changing oil, replacing bearings, making sure the > gate > is in good shape, and probably replacing the lamphouse. > > You CAN run this off a modern rectifier, and spend a few hundred dollars > for > a VFD to drive the rectifier off single-phase power. The first time you > have > to change the lamp, though, you'll be writing a bigger check than you > needed > for everything else combined. > > You can put a smaller lamphouse on these, and there are some little baby > Christie 800W xenon lamps that take single-phase power and are a great > choice for a home screening room... but they are not cheap and there is a > huge demand for them on the surplus market. The larger lamphouses are > cheap, but they are expensive to set up and maintain. > > Don't forget getting a rewind bench, split reels, aperture plates, and all > the other necessary accessories. Most of those aren't expensive either, > but > may take some rounding up. > --scott > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >
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