[Frameworks] 16mm Moviola for sale, Boston Area

[Steven]

Scott, when the Zombie Apocalypse comes, you will find that "old film 
junk" to be very valuable. You can use a turned over 6 plate moviola 
flatbed to block a door, which is something that Final Cut Pro will 
never be able to do. Who has the last laugh then?

:-)


On 3/22/14, 8:14 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> The Moviola flatbeds are not THAT hard to maintain, although sadly the
> company in NYC that had spare parts inventories tossed everything into
> a dumpster about five years ago.  Still, the electronics are all fairly
> generic TTL stuff and there are few weird mechanical parts because the
> controls are all-electronic.  The main worry is getting mag heads when
> they wear out, and with a little machine shop work you can fit Nortronics
> replacement heads in there.
>
> That said, I spent $10 for my six-plate about ten years ago, and since
> then I have seen several of them turn up at auction with no bidders at
> any price.  I nearly bid on them just to save them from the scrapyard
> but I already have a garage full of old film junk that I don't know what
> to do with.
> --scott
>
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