We have almost completed servicing our 1950's vintage Moviola crab dolly. We ran into a couple of snags with the hydraulic system, but nothing major. As it turned out, the most serious issue was a misplaced little spring that holds pressure on a tensioner wheel. Once we found it, everything fell right back into place and we are now off to the races. And races it is! The 8 tires on this thing are re-purposed go-cart racing slicks (I couldn't imagine going down a hill at full tilt on the operators seat).
An awful mess, 50's hydraulics style!
We got this beast from a chap in NYC who was ready to get rid of it. I've seen one other one at the liquidation sale of Kerner Optical in CA. They are pretty hard to come by it seems, though we paid a great price for ours, $500 less than the one in that auction which already seemed pretty cheepo! Shipping was kindof spendy though.
Not quite what we were expecting... huh?!?
The video below is a short clip of how the hydraulic system works... it's actually quite ingenious the way it's designed.
There are several shots in T2S that call for the use of this platform; and they should be pretty easy to get. For closer quarters shots we can use a tripod and spreader with wheels to get the effect we need.
No comments:
Post a Comment