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Easy to assemble, efficient to use, this compact editing unit puts your tools where you want them
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FIG. 1: Everything you need for editing— viewer, splicer, rewinds and cement— are here on this 14 inch mount.
FIG. 2: The rewinds, mounted on two double-jointed arms, are here in alignment with film scanning path of the Kodak action editing unit.
SUITCASE EDITOR
HERBERT H. REECH, ACL
CONTRARY to John E. Closson, ACL— whose ingenious portable titler in September MoviE Makers intrigued me no end — I have not been moving around a good deal lately. Matter of fact, as I told you last April (see A Living Room Theatre — Ed.), I live in an apartment and often there isn't too much room to move around.
Perhaps that was why, recently, I housed all my editing equipment in one portable unit. Included in this speciallymade case (see the illustrations) are an action viewer with power cord, two rewinds on fold-away arms, a splicer and a bottle of cement. All are firmly fastened to the baseboard so that they are not displaced when stowed away vertically in the case. Fig. 1 shows the assembly ready for stowing (or for incipient use) ; Fig. 2 shows the rewinds aligned with the viewer's film path, while Fig. 3 illustrates how the double-jointed rewind arms can be swung forward to align with the splicer. The unit has proved handy in use, and it keeps your outfit dust-free between sessions. Perhaps you too may wish to construct one.
If so, begin by determining the dimensions of the case itself. These are controlled by two factors: the height and the length of your action viewer. The height of the viewer in position on the baseboard will determine how deep the cover of your case must be to accept it. I designed my case with an 8 inch depth, which will prove adequate to receive such viewers as the Kodak, Baia, Mico, etc. The Craig unit, I believe, will call for a slightly increased clearance; but you can measure this up yourself.
FIG. 3: Swung forward at the rear pivots and inward at the front pivots, reels can be lined up for splicing clear of the action viewer.
The length of your action viewer will determine how wide your baseboard should be to accept it comfortably. My setup provides enough room between the rewind arms for any unit up to 6 inches long. This in turn led me to dimension the baseboard as a 14 by 14 inch square.
With these dimensions determined, I found myself a sample-case maker in the classified directory and turned the job over to him. The case he constructed is plywood throughout, % inch thick for the baseboard and 5/16 of an inch for the cover unit. A modern Aerotweed fabric was used to finish the exterior of the case and both faces of the baseboard; a brown imitation leather lines the case's interior walls. Add a brown plastic handle, four clasps and the case-maker's job was complete. The cost —about $5.00.
I was now ready to begin the installations. The rewind arms, four in number, I fashioned from 3/16 inch flat aluminum stock, cut in two 12 inch lengths for the long arms, two 6 inch lengths for the short ones. In each end of the long arms, at a point 1 inch in, I drilled holes to accept % mch screws. In one end only of each short arm I drilled similar holes, again 1 inch in from the end. The short arms were then drilled [Continued on page 281 ]