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the pre-war German Ernemann. It has, howev-
er, a number of unique features for a 16mm
machine. It is of course heavy, compared with
more modem projectors.
The Harmour and Heath has a separate valve
amplifier with power supply and speaker, also
the separate 110 volt 1000 watt power trans-
former commonly used with machines of this
vintage. (These make great boat anchors.) All
in all, a very weighty package.
A type B2 Harmour and Heath Serial No. 399 An 8 sided maltese cross drives the intermittent
was donated to my collection by a friend who sprocket. This too is cut from canvas Bakelite. The
found it under an old Queenslander (a house!) inspection port for the oil bath level is on the left.
he recently bought in Brisbane. The wooden A good quality oil bath is essential for this type of
case that normally protects the machine had movement.
been dropped and smashed and together with
wood rot and oil damage it was a complete
write-off, so I decided to set up the machine as
a console model for display purposes fully
working of course. But first a thorough clean-
ing was required to remove the oil, sawdust
and a thick layer of congealed dirt.

Above: A robust housing contains the maltese
cross, cam and striker pin. This housing is free to
move on the cam shaft. The spring loaded boss on
the left-hand side is moved up and down by the
framing knob and shaft (not shown, but attached
to the shutter housing above). This of course rais-
es or lowers the intermittent sprocket to provide
accurate framing of the picture. When I removed
the cover plate from the assembly … shock-hor-
ror! The mechanism was bone dry, not a drop of
oil remained. Just a thin smear of lubricant cov-
ered the cam and cross. Thank goodness I didn't
run the machine before doing this check up.

Left: Access to the works for cleaning is easily
obtained by removing 5 screws. The gate pressure
pad is canvas Bakelite. The sound optic assembly
behind the flywheel, I would suggest, is also a
Waterworth.

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