If the gap is too close you’ll burn those new contacts up in no time due to excessive arcing. I think I set the ones I repaired several years ago to 4 business cards thickness.
If you get yourself a cheapo two wire extension cord, you can chop off the female end and use what’s left of the cord as a power cord to power the chaser on your work bench before putting it back in the sign.
Also try Signatrol (no website, Signatrol.com now goes to some company in England making data loggers) at 714 Garfield Park, Danville, Illinois 61832 phone: (217) 446-1160, Fax: (217) 446-1166
They make the model 20 and 30 high speed border chasers. Again you might be able to use parts from their model to fix yours or simply purchase a new chaser. Most sign ordinances will allow you to repair the chase function by installing replacement parts (like a new chaser altogether, hint hint). It’s hidden inside the sign anyway.
You could buy a new replacement chaser from a competitor company like FMS Corporation (www.fmsneon.com) and their model 33 chasers/flashers. Maybe the contacts from their chasers will work in yours?
Time-O-Matic (Watchfire Signs)
1015 Maple Street
Danville, Ill. 61832-0850
Phone: 1-800-637-2645 or (217) 442-0611 www.timeomatic.com (redirects to watchfiresigns.com)
Model two was made in two version: 3 circuit (model 2-6133 or 16378) and 4 circuit (model 2-6144 or 16379).
The parts you are looking for are:
4240 Movable M2 contact & lead assembly (the moving contact)
54047 Stationary M2 contact stud assembly (the fixed contact)
Other parts are:
26507 Universal replacement coil kit, 115 volt 50/60 hz (contains only one coil in the kit)
McRae Theatre Equipment is located right there in Seattle and they have plenty of equipment for sale. They’ll have exactly what you need. Their phone number is (206) 285-8393 and fax is (206) 285-8375. Tell them Ken Layton in Olympia sent you.
A well laid out conventional sloped floor seating is superior to stadium any day. Plus handicaps can sit just about anywhere and you don’t have to install elevators.
Yes, even ‘directory’ listings in the paper are paid advertising. Several years ago, Regal and other major chains greatly cut back on big display ads. The cost was simply getting to be to great.
Considering they bombard you with the same damn trailers in the lobby as you see umpteen billion times before a movie, there’s no need for the newspaper anymore.
longislandmovies is right. The Plaza Twin (now called Historic Orchard) is only 5 miles away from the now closed Charleston Theater in Bremerton. The Charleston tried art house movies and went broke. They even gave away tickets trying to get people to the theater. It didn’t work and the theater closed. For goodness sake, Port orchard and Bremerton area is a Navy town. There are so many military folks and military jobs there. Military people aren’t interested in artsy-fartsy movies.
The city of Tacoma on the other hand has a great art house (the Tacoma Grand Theater) with three screens. It does great business and they program it well.
And now Art Zabel former owner and who’s family built the Capitol Theater has passed away at age 91. It was announced in Feb 2, 2008 Olympian newspaper
Yeh those same striking writers gave us those stinkers like Bewitched, Underdog, and Pluto Nash as examples.
High production costs are making it harder and harder to make a movie in the USA. It’s high time the studios moved all production to Mexico where costs are considerably cheaper. In fact I’d be willing to say there are probably tons of talented and creative writers in Mexico that would give us fresh ideas and stories.
First thing is to jump over to www.bigscreenbiz.com and read-read-read everything there.
Here’s the latest newspaper story about the theater:
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If the gap is too close you’ll burn those new contacts up in no time due to excessive arcing. I think I set the ones I repaired several years ago to 4 business cards thickness.
If you get yourself a cheapo two wire extension cord, you can chop off the female end and use what’s left of the cord as a power cord to power the chaser on your work bench before putting it back in the sign.
Typically the “ban” on movies is on first run movies.
I believe the single screen CHEHALIS THEATRE in Chehalis, Wash. has it booked. Excellent picture and sound at this theater!
But they are going to still be operating this season minus one screen again
And don’t forget the city and state will get involved.
Also try Signatrol (no website, Signatrol.com now goes to some company in England making data loggers) at 714 Garfield Park, Danville, Illinois 61832 phone: (217) 446-1160, Fax: (217) 446-1166
They make the model 20 and 30 high speed border chasers. Again you might be able to use parts from their model to fix yours or simply purchase a new chaser. Most sign ordinances will allow you to repair the chase function by installing replacement parts (like a new chaser altogether, hint hint). It’s hidden inside the sign anyway.
You could buy a new replacement chaser from a competitor company like FMS Corporation (www.fmsneon.com) and their model 33 chasers/flashers. Maybe the contacts from their chasers will work in yours?
$35 for a ticket! How much will the city take in admissions tax?
Have you contacted the manufacturer?
Time-O-Matic (Watchfire Signs)
1015 Maple Street
Danville, Ill. 61832-0850
Phone: 1-800-637-2645 or (217) 442-0611
www.timeomatic.com (redirects to watchfiresigns.com)
Model two was made in two version: 3 circuit (model 2-6133 or 16378) and 4 circuit (model 2-6144 or 16379).
The parts you are looking for are:
4240 Movable M2 contact & lead assembly (the moving contact)
54047 Stationary M2 contact stud assembly (the fixed contact)
Other parts are:
26507 Universal replacement coil kit, 115 volt 50/60 hz (contains only one coil in the kit)
54099 Model 2 torsion spring
5096 Nylon block for 2-6133 & 2-6144
2410 M2 Ball bearing & eccentric assy for 2-6133 & 2-6144
2430 M2 Shaft & ball bearing assembly
McRae Theatre Equipment is located right there in Seattle and they have plenty of equipment for sale. They’ll have exactly what you need. Their phone number is (206) 285-8393 and fax is (206) 285-8375. Tell them Ken Layton in Olympia sent you.
If conventional sloped floor seating is laid out and staggered properly, there won’t be a person’s head in front of you.
A well laid out conventional sloped floor seating is superior to stadium any day. Plus handicaps can sit just about anywhere and you don’t have to install elevators.
Stadium seating sucks.
Yes, even ‘directory’ listings in the paper are paid advertising. Several years ago, Regal and other major chains greatly cut back on big display ads. The cost was simply getting to be to great.
Considering they bombard you with the same damn trailers in the lobby as you see umpteen billion times before a movie, there’s no need for the newspaper anymore.
ken mc:
That’s a copyrighted photograph from page 67 of the book, “Movie Palaces: Survivors of An Elegant Era” by Ave Pildas (ISBN 0-517-53857-1
Another gimmick to jack up prices. It’s too expensive to go out to the movies now.
And at a substantial increase in both ticket prices and snack bar prices to pay for the big tv sets.
It’s interesting to read the comments on that November 2007 newspaper story, especially the last one.
longislandmovies is right. The Plaza Twin (now called Historic Orchard) is only 5 miles away from the now closed Charleston Theater in Bremerton. The Charleston tried art house movies and went broke. They even gave away tickets trying to get people to the theater. It didn’t work and the theater closed. For goodness sake, Port orchard and Bremerton area is a Navy town. There are so many military folks and military jobs there. Military people aren’t interested in artsy-fartsy movies.
The city of Tacoma on the other hand has a great art house (the Tacoma Grand Theater) with three screens. It does great business and they program it well.
The rest of the theaters in this chain are at www.oasiscinemas.com
And now Art Zabel former owner and who’s family built the Capitol Theater has passed away at age 91. It was announced in Feb 2, 2008 Olympian newspaper
I contributed some of the photos and information to Arthur Allen’s Drive-ins of Western Washington site.
City of Olympia sign ordinances are very restrictive. I’d be very surprised if a vertical sign was allowed.
Yeh those same striking writers gave us those stinkers like Bewitched, Underdog, and Pluto Nash as examples.
High production costs are making it harder and harder to make a movie in the USA. It’s high time the studios moved all production to Mexico where costs are considerably cheaper. In fact I’d be willing to say there are probably tons of talented and creative writers in Mexico that would give us fresh ideas and stories.