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632 RICHARDSON'S BLUEBOOK OF PROJECTION
best safeguard against accidental neglect. The routine inspection and lubrication necessary before each day's run should be covered on one such form, while others cover the necessary items of weekly, monthly and semiannual attention. These latter forms are explained in the next section, which deals with Repair and Maintenance.
(6) If such forms are not provided by the theatre management the projectionist should draw them up for himself. They will save him worry. Merely by following a written or typewritten guide, every morning and every week, he will know that he has taken care of every last detail necessary to keep his equipment in good condition. The fact that he can put a form of this kind before his manager, if any question should arise, will prove of the greatest help to sustaining his side of the argument, and moreover gain him the respect that is always given to a conscientious man who knows his job and is willing to take the trouble to do it properly.
Wherever such forms are provided by the management (which is often the case in chain theatres) the projectionist should add to them any special items of inspection that he finds necessary or desirable in connection with his own equipment. These additional items will in some cases be temporary; for example, a gear that is usually inspected once a month may show signs of wear and need inspection once a week until it becomes bad enough to be replaced. Or they may be permanent, referring to some special weaknesses peculiar to the apparatus or conditions of his own projection room. The fact that some necessary item of attention or inspection is not included on a general form intended to apply to a large number of theatres is no reason for neglecting it.
Now, assuming that the projectionist possesses or has acquired all the detailed knowledge necessary for the proper operation of the one, individual projection room for which he has accepted responsibility, and assuming further that he possesses or has provided himself with all convenient guide forms to routine inspection and operation, let us trace his daily procedure in preparing