[rollei_list] Re: Rollei PII Projector Performance - Slides sticking

  • From: Claude Hayward <claude.hayward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:28:58 +0000

Thanks Jerry,

I wish Harry had an outpost in England UK.
Anyone have any suggestions for projector repair/ service in the UK?

Best to all

Claude H

Jerry Lehrer wrote:

>Claude,
>
>The best repair service for that high quality projector is Harry Fleenor.  He
>knows
>it intimately.
>
>BTW, those Gepe mounts are the ones of choice, if you use the anti-Newtons
>ring glass on the correct side.
>
>Jerry
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>Claude Hayward wrote:
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>>Best wishes from England UK,
>>
>>I bought a PII 6x6 projector a few years ago but must admit to only
>>using it infrequently.
>>I use Gepe slides - plastic framed, slide sandwiched between glass sheets.
>>
>>Now Slides tend to stick nearly always if the magazine is forwarded, the
>>transport moving out not quite far enough to completely eject the old
>>slide, move past and then reverse direction to insert the next slide.
>>
>>This occurs less often/ works better if I always operate the mag backwards.
>>Pulling gently outwards on the slide transport ejects the slide, moves
>>on the magazine and inserts the new slide. Projection/ illumination is fine.
>>
>>Is there any easy  adjustment to make or parts to clean up, getting the
>>top cover off is easy, the bottom looks more problematic.
>>
>>Any comments welcome is there a repair guide anywhere or should I look
>>for a professional service and tune up?
>>
>> I was disheartened by reading on an internet trawl that "these
>>projectors are always sticky and not to bother with them".
>>
>>Claude Hayward
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