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
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