Reparant la P8 Novo / Repairing the P8 Novo
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Com a part pel meu intent per a poder projectar pel·licules de 8mm (no super-8, que és un tipus posterior), així com revelar-les en positiu directament jo mateix, vaig buscar un projector adequat. Del meu pare he trobat un projector de Super-8, que a sobre no va bé. Per tant, vaig buscar per internet.
Finalment em vaig decidir pels projectors Eumig P8, que semblen molt barats i facils de trobar. El model basic es fabricà entre 1954 i 1963. Però em vaig trobar amb que no sembla funcionar el conctacte electric amb la làmpada, que a més només pot ser d'un model especific descatalogat i molt car i dificil de trobar. Però vaig descobrir que Eumig posteriorment va modernitzar el P8 al model P8 Automatic Novo (1964) amb diverses millores, sobretot canviant les làmpades a les encara actuals halogenes.
Vaig anar al Penedès a buscar aquest projector, però em vaig trobar que només funcionava el motor/ventilador; ni es movien els engranatges de projecció ni funcionava la làmpada. Amb tot, el vaig portar a casa. Vaig poder identificar els problemes principals: la làmpada estava trencada i la corretja de transmissió completament desintegrada (és de goma). Per sort la làmpada és halogena i en vaig comprar una el mateix dia per pocs euros. La corretja per sort encara es troba online i la vaig comprar a la web holandesa especialitzada Van Eck. Ara el projector ja es movia i feia llum. Però en carregar pel·licula, aquesta refusava anar endavant o fins i tot, tirava enrera.
Hi havia algun problema amb la "urpa" que fa avançar fotograma a fotograma la pel·licula, pel que va ser necessari desmontar el mecanisme... sense manual d'instruccions ni tansols algú que ho expliqués online. Per sort no hi havia peces extremadament petites a perdre, o parts trencades. Com em pensava, tot el mecanisme estava ple de lubricant transformat en una barreja de porqueria i goma, embussant-ho tot. Un cop net amb kleenex, palets i alcohol isopropilic, el sistema funciona de maravella.
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As part of my attempt to be able to project 8mm films (not super-8, which is a later type), as well as develop them to positive directly myself, I searched for a suitable projector. I found a Super-8 projector from my father, and not in working condition. So, I searched the internet.
I finally settled on the Eumig P8 projectors, which seem very cheap and easy to find. The basic model was manufactured between 1954 and 1963. But I found that the electrical contact with the lamp does not seem to work, which can also only be from a specific discontinued model that is very expensive and difficult to find. But I discovered that Eumig later modernized the P8 into the P8 Automatic Novo (1964) model, with several improvements, notably changing the lamps to the still currently sold halogen type.
I went to visit the seller, to look for this projector, but I found that only the electric motor/fan worked; neither the projection gears moved nor the lamp worked. Still, I took it home. I was able to identify the main problems: the lamp was broken and the drive belt completely disintegrated (it's rubber). Luckily the lamp is halogen and I bought one the same day for a few euros. The belt is luckily still found online and I bought it from the Dutch specialist website VanEck.
Now the projector was already moving and projecting light. But when loading film, it refused to go forward or even pulled back.
There was some problem with the claw that advances the film frame by frame, so it was necessary to disassemble the mechanism... without an instruction manual or even someone to explain it online. Luckily there were no extremely small pieces to lose, or broken parts. As I thought, the whole mechanism was full of lube turned into a mixture of filth and goo, clogging everything up. Once cleaned with kleenex and isopropyl alcohol, the system works wonderfully.
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No AI Training: Without in any way limiting the artist’s exclusive rights under copyright, any use of this photograph to “train” generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to produce images is expressly prohibited.
Reparant la P8 Novo / Repairing the P8 Novo
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Com a part pel meu intent per a poder projectar pel·licules de 8mm (no super-8, que és un tipus posterior), així com revelar-les en positiu directament jo mateix, vaig buscar un projector adequat. Del meu pare he trobat un projector de Super-8, que a sobre no va bé. Per tant, vaig buscar per internet.
Finalment em vaig decidir pels projectors Eumig P8, que semblen molt barats i facils de trobar. El model basic es fabricà entre 1954 i 1963. Però em vaig trobar amb que no sembla funcionar el conctacte electric amb la làmpada, que a més només pot ser d'un model especific descatalogat i molt car i dificil de trobar. Però vaig descobrir que Eumig posteriorment va modernitzar el P8 al model P8 Automatic Novo (1964) amb diverses millores, sobretot canviant les làmpades a les encara actuals halogenes.
Vaig anar al Penedès a buscar aquest projector, però em vaig trobar que només funcionava el motor/ventilador; ni es movien els engranatges de projecció ni funcionava la làmpada. Amb tot, el vaig portar a casa. Vaig poder identificar els problemes principals: la làmpada estava trencada i la corretja de transmissió completament desintegrada (és de goma). Per sort la làmpada és halogena i en vaig comprar una el mateix dia per pocs euros. La corretja per sort encara es troba online i la vaig comprar a la web holandesa especialitzada Van Eck. Ara el projector ja es movia i feia llum. Però en carregar pel·licula, aquesta refusava anar endavant o fins i tot, tirava enrera.
Hi havia algun problema amb la "urpa" que fa avançar fotograma a fotograma la pel·licula, pel que va ser necessari desmontar el mecanisme... sense manual d'instruccions ni tansols algú que ho expliqués online. Per sort no hi havia peces extremadament petites a perdre, o parts trencades. Com em pensava, tot el mecanisme estava ple de lubricant transformat en una barreja de porqueria i goma, embussant-ho tot. Un cop net amb kleenex, palets i alcohol isopropilic, el sistema funciona de maravella.
collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8206877/eu...
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As part of my attempt to be able to project 8mm films (not super-8, which is a later type), as well as develop them to positive directly myself, I searched for a suitable projector. I found a Super-8 projector from my father, and not in working condition. So, I searched the internet.
I finally settled on the Eumig P8 projectors, which seem very cheap and easy to find. The basic model was manufactured between 1954 and 1963. But I found that the electrical contact with the lamp does not seem to work, which can also only be from a specific discontinued model that is very expensive and difficult to find. But I discovered that Eumig later modernized the P8 into the P8 Automatic Novo (1964) model, with several improvements, notably changing the lamps to the still currently sold halogen type.
I went to visit the seller, to look for this projector, but I found that only the electric motor/fan worked; neither the projection gears moved nor the lamp worked. Still, I took it home. I was able to identify the main problems: the lamp was broken and the drive belt completely disintegrated (it's rubber). Luckily the lamp is halogen and I bought one the same day for a few euros. The belt is luckily still found online and I bought it from the Dutch specialist website VanEck.
Now the projector was already moving and projecting light. But when loading film, it refused to go forward or even pulled back.
There was some problem with the claw that advances the film frame by frame, so it was necessary to disassemble the mechanism... without an instruction manual or even someone to explain it online. Luckily there were no extremely small pieces to lose, or broken parts. As I thought, the whole mechanism was full of lube turned into a mixture of filth and goo, clogging everything up. Once cleaned with kleenex and isopropyl alcohol, the system works wonderfully.
collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8206877/eu...
No AI Training: Without in any way limiting the artist’s exclusive rights under copyright, any use of this photograph to “train” generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to produce images is expressly prohibited.