Two 20 degree, so almost useless in restoring so as to give to others for a large enough venu in useful for them. Still though, about 30 years ago... was a phone call to my dorm room from Robert Altman in apologizing to me personally in not shipping out some 3.5Q5 fixture parts I needed for a show. Seems he was all in company working on this light and had no time to be shipping parts. My snail mail letter, as with the phone call was and has been good will with from Altman for yers now. I finally got a chance to work on some.
Around 20+ years since they were bought for a venu' and still in very good condition... Worked on slight shutter ozone corrosion buildup to clean and PTFE spray all in the gate/shutter area. Some flaking to paint inside the fixture to blow off and re- paint, and a cleaning.. Very nice over engineered lighting fixtures. Way more complex than a 360Q for serviceability. Dichroic reflector though and S-4 like bench focus.
Hard to re-assemble and not easily to do yearly cleaning. Will have driven my Wife the Leko Dpt. Mgr. crazy in servicing them as opposed to her S-4 Leko’s. I note in the last 20+ years the fixtures were serviced. And mounting screws were stripped and replaced at times with longer ones in catching the castings. Lenses don’t quite seat as per primary cause of the stripped screws to hold them. A quick grip clamp needed in the first case in lens train assembly. Perhaps a well engineered fixture, but not one well designed for yearly cleaning. This especially given the stripped holes in castings found.
Easy long term fix verses screw length problems, but only in experienced tech for yearly service. Every year say the lens train cleaned requires a professional and very skilled person to take it apart. Largest problem in servicing, the retainer springs. Remove them before servicing that part of the casting. One set by the last person in the fixture got lost apparently in me endlessly searching for where it was and not remembering a spring popping. Just re-assembled it without the spring aka last servicer of the light. Take the springs out first before gate assembly. Not great designed mounts to these springs - a suck thing. Finger nails locked in to re-install the springs bottom up and after assembly of the gate assembly. One of many not easy detais like in getting the various spreader frames correct. Shutter installation process is a really good concept before they get warped. Will have never thought of notching the shutter handle so as to get it out - assuming again it's not warped.
I mentioned, skilled and or once serviced on these fixtures at some point.. Had one assembly screw with a stripped screw. Easy tell in someone not qualified monkeyed with the lights.
Spent months in wondering how I could be 2.1/2" off in bench focus for a 8" leko... Turns out they had the wrong lamp installed.
Around 20+ years since they were bought for a venu' and still in very good condition... Worked on slight shutter ozone corrosion buildup to clean and PTFE spray all in the gate/shutter area. Some flaking to paint inside the fixture to blow off and re- paint, and a cleaning.. Very nice over engineered lighting fixtures. Way more complex than a 360Q for serviceability. Dichroic reflector though and S-4 like bench focus.
Hard to re-assemble and not easily to do yearly cleaning. Will have driven my Wife the Leko Dpt. Mgr. crazy in servicing them as opposed to her S-4 Leko’s. I note in the last 20+ years the fixtures were serviced. And mounting screws were stripped and replaced at times with longer ones in catching the castings. Lenses don’t quite seat as per primary cause of the stripped screws to hold them. A quick grip clamp needed in the first case in lens train assembly. Perhaps a well engineered fixture, but not one well designed for yearly cleaning. This especially given the stripped holes in castings found.
Easy long term fix verses screw length problems, but only in experienced tech for yearly service. Every year say the lens train cleaned requires a professional and very skilled person to take it apart. Largest problem in servicing, the retainer springs. Remove them before servicing that part of the casting. One set by the last person in the fixture got lost apparently in me endlessly searching for where it was and not remembering a spring popping. Just re-assembled it without the spring aka last servicer of the light. Take the springs out first before gate assembly. Not great designed mounts to these springs - a suck thing. Finger nails locked in to re-install the springs bottom up and after assembly of the gate assembly. One of many not easy detais like in getting the various spreader frames correct. Shutter installation process is a really good concept before they get warped. Will have never thought of notching the shutter handle so as to get it out - assuming again it's not warped.
I mentioned, skilled and or once serviced on these fixtures at some point.. Had one assembly screw with a stripped screw. Easy tell in someone not qualified monkeyed with the lights.
Spent months in wondering how I could be 2.1/2" off in bench focus for a 8" leko... Turns out they had the wrong lamp installed.
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