Home Movies (1944)

HOME MOVIES FOR |ULY (HE WORKSHOP EDGE OF crrdborro op sneer plast, . brttery nvts * ■> * "its M£fRL SUPPORT FOR GR^rE ^ ^ ^ Cue Guide Home movie sound enthusiasts who play phonograph records with their films will find interest in this cue gauge which I recently designed for my dual turntables. It consists of a curved metal support A bolted to turntable base, as shown in above diagram and photo, and curved according to radius described by travel of the pickup arm. Paper guides B, of curved design to fit the support, carry cue marks for guiding placement of needle on record where it is desired to begin playing a recording at certain points within the record. A metal pointer C is fitted to end of pickup and this guides the placement of needle on preselected position on record as established by markings on the guide. The guides are punched with 1/8 inch holes at either end to permit attaching them to support by small bolts and nuts. When making recordings with this device, the exact spot where certain sound or musical effects begin can be marked on the guide with assurance that it can be located accurately each time record is played back with the guide in use. Photo shows guides mounted and in use on dual turntables. They extend over each turntable in order to permit close following of guide by pickup pointer, but do not interfere with placing records on the turntables. — Clarence Aldrich, Long Beach, Calif. Film Viewei A simple film viewing device that can be mounted upon any editing board is illustrated in accompanying diagram. It consists of the magnifying unit A, a 10-watt no volt lamp B, porcelain base for bulb C, snap switch D, the plywood housing E, and a small hinge C by means of which viewer is attached to editing board. The hinge is fitted with a loose pin, permitting viewer to be easily detached. The magnifying unit may be purchased at an optician's or may be constructed by the amateur, using a short locus magnifying lens and a tubular PACE 287 gadgets, trick* Of shortcut* contributed by, Cinebug,* mounting either cardboard or metal. Optical supply houses offer short focus magnifying units such as those used in studying fingerprints, etc. The length of focus of magnifying unit used should be approximately 2 inches. The plywood housing dimensions are given in diagram. Housing is so constructed that it remains on an angle, permitting comfortable observation of film through the magnifying unit. Magnifier should be so mounted that film may be conveniently slipped in or out from under it and also that film will lay on a flat plane beneath the magnifier and at the established focusing distance from the lens. To provide illumination, the 10 watt bulb is mounted on a block within the housing, as shown, and a small hole cut in top of housing the exact size of the film frame. This is covered from underneath with a piece of ground or opal glass, or draftsman's tracing cloth in order to diffuse the light evenly over surface of film frame. The snap-switch D is mounted on side of housing. Vent holes drilled around two sides and back of housing, as shown at J, provide escape of heat from lamp. — Robt. E. Ross, Whittier, Calif. Dye-fade Aid A simple gadget for holding film straight when making fades with dyes or chemicals is the wire support shown in accompanying sketch. Wire for this purpose should be approximately 14 • Continued on Page 300