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C

B
D

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The rear of the machine: A - B&H speed adjusters, B - B&H motor speed regulator board,
C - muffin fan for lamp cooling, D - B&H motor, E - RCA audio output connector
The mounting of the motor proved a little lathe and fitted to the motor. These
tricky. To get the drive shaft to line up motors require a 24 volt power supply, so
with the belt driven shutter, some of the that was the next task.
motor had to protrude out the back of the
PAX, but as I said, I wanted a workable An old slide projector was found for a
machine not a display item. few dollars in a Charity Shop. It had a 24
volt 250 watt lamp and would be ideal for
So, with hacksaw in hand and a degree of this job. The transformer mounted nicely
trepidation, a section of the rear of the in the empty bottom compartment of the
machine was cut away. The B&H motor projector. A bridge rectifier and
pulley was made for a flat belt, and the smoothing capacitors mounted on a small
shutter drive of the PAX required a round circuit board gave me the 24 volts DC to
belt, so a new pulley was turned up on the run the motor.

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