Took apart one each that - similar in the photo but later versions without the full plate and a brand new factory one. Very slight differences including pound rivets put in from the inside on the newest ones so possibly you could reverse the entire thing on a Super Trouper- but no at least for a Gladiator with its inset plate. Also, neither are servicable by way of swapping bad leafs or spinning the leafs for reversing direction theory. Leafs are iterally peened to a rear plate that has the lever arm. Were that lever arm able to move 180 degrees, my theory might work.
My Wife keeps yelling about this style of
iris every time I mention it, and had anyone asked her she will have given the
Altman type
Iris Strong part number which is similar to the
Altman type (and probably is reversable if not already correct.) All right, next time at work with her I'll bite on the other
shutter. Doesn't make sense on why a Strong
iris would go in reverse direction of the
chopper or
dowser. In the mean time, saved another warped
iris tonight in using a 2" dia. piece of sold steel and a auto body hammer. Just re-pounded it
flat and it worked - damage was not too bad. Clean up with steel whool and re-coat with spray graphite and while used, could get at least another year out of it in going back to replacement parts.
A shame not
Altman style
Iris = same
iris used on a
360Q, I have a
jig for resurfacing each individual leaf.
Flat piece of stell with two holes for each size of (replacable) brass pin. Same right angle grinder wheel used for shutters or choppers in cleaning, a lot more skill
level in damage of it. Badly damaged leafs can be swapped out for good ones
etc. Not difficult.
High temp.
ceramic epoxied together two broken in half
ceramic heat shields last night as emergency spares for the Gladiators. One worked better than the other in alignment. Takes heat to fully cure - I did not do, will see if heat needed before or during use cures the bond. Other than a few parts to one to replace... 14X Gladiators mostly finnally out of my department. They take up a lot of space. Hopefully the
Lycian 1295's with only a few issues get done quick, than onto the Supertroupers and onto to other French brand. Customer won't be happy that who ever removed all four 3Kw 1295 lamps managed to put a chip into the
globe of each of four lamps when getting them ready for transport to me. As per lamp specification, I will not test the fixtures given damaged lamps. (My main follow spot tech. asked about am I ready to loose the account given lamp chips on the
globe... yep! How much does a new
reflector cost and or time and or lots of other work to
cover. I had to pull him of that
followspot project so as to work on some moving light cameras today. Always busy department.) Two year old fixtures/lamps. Perfectly good lamps otherwise... have to go into my 10gal.
drop explosion drum once approved of by the client. Get the next ME on-site in for training on installing the lamp before the fixtures leave, or pay us to install and remove the lamp on site. Light maintinence otherwise on the 1295's is an easy thing, (Literally had to close the truck they were in and
bug bomb the box of it - twice when they got shipped back to us... Spiders have taken over the venu and didn't want to transfer them to the storage site.)
Overall easy 0ther than some potential spider probems on lenses or dichroics... ok, but next year the
gate assemblies (
Iris/
Douser/
Chopper) will need a take apart service
call we are not looking forward to - it's a easy replace assembly not easy to dissemble.
Weeks of Strong SuperTrouper, Gladiator's,
Lycian 1290's, onto 1295's,. Next more Super Troupers and Robert Jouart the Lancelots and Victors. But be it shop lights finally getting to, or large customer lights.... yearly service
call is the best way to maintain the fixtures. And indeed yearly service calls has paid off in costing less per year - other than when the on-site crew does not damage the lamps. Coming in for training in how to install and
bench focus the lamp also pays off. Gladiators I'm told don't
bench focus in
lens train alignment for some reason for the
gate assembly on center. Explains why heat damage off center. Such heat damage still has to be cleaned and coated or it will absorb heat and further damage it.
Glad a few somewhat slow weeks in huge
LED projects in the TBA. needing the space. Glad we finally got to the shop fixtures also. My Wife maintains them and is good, but she is about
level 2 as per military mintinence, we deconstruct the things for the most part and do stuff she is in prepping for shows not able to. Shop lights needed it. The 1290's were at least 20 years since a fulll tear down. Err, we didn't do such things than... First take everything apart maintinence
call for them. Good fixtures and especially a fan of how they
bench focus. I think the Wife has the
Lycian 1271, 1272 and M2 under control hopefully.