Plans are underway... for another trip.
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Plans are underway... for another trip.
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Pictures of a machine that a good friend pulled out of the southeast over the past few weeks. This one is an early, classic Minolta with a truly spectacular optical starfield.
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I need to stop looking at these.... closes eyes, starts to dream, gets worse,, maybe i need one lol
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We're ALL thinkin' it! LOL (I just kinda want a dome right now though!)Originally Posted by polishedball
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Be careful what you wish for !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ain't that the truth! (This man knows me already!)
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Next on the docket: Spitz 512 and control system (similar to the one pictured, this will be the fourth 512 I have taken out), then a GOTO / Viewlex, one of only two of this particular model known to still be operational in the US. This GOTO is very special, and has a colorful pedigree steeped in history. The Spitz 512 has sat in a defunct school for several years after the school district fired all the staff and closed the school. The planetarium was converted into a storage area, but the projector sat intact and undisturbed within. This 512 will go to another high school to begin a new lease on life, continuing to educate. The GOTO will go to Phoenix to join the others.
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that is so beautiful...
Next on the docket: Spitz 512 and control system (similar to the one pictured, this will be the fourth 512 I have taken out), then a GOTO / Viewlex, one of only two of this particular model known to still be operational in the US. This GOTO is very special, and has a colorful pedigree steeped in history. The Spitz 512 has sat in a defunct school for several years after the school district fired all the staff and closed the school. The planetarium was converted into a storage area, but the projector sat intact and undisturbed within. This 512 will go to another high school to begin a new lease on life, continuing to educate. The GOTO will go to Phoenix to join the others.
suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.
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So I have holed up on the east coast in a hotel room for a month now... I dragged my tool chest up to the room so I can build some PC's - gee what i nerd. This one is for a stereo I can use with headphones while I am here. I also brought the old Omniscan Dell with the Pangolin card, to rebuild into another chassis. Leaving this Friday for the midwest to take out a Spitz 512 star projector, control system and elevator. The truck I rented has a liftgate, thank goodness since I am on my own again. I hope it doesn't dump alot of snow.
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A full day of fun here in Kansas City, MO. I flew in last night, rented a truck this morning and loaded out out a Spitz 512 planetarium projector and control system from Southwest High School, a.k.a. Southwest Early College. This institution recently upgraded to a Spitz SciDome Digital system (second photo snapped during a brief demo). This time I opted for a truck with a hydraulic lift-gate, as I am once again "solo" on this mission and time did not permit complete disassembly of the projector central core or control panel to reduce the weight. The 512 control panel is incredibly heavy and it took some doing to move it. Fortunately the center door mullions were removeable to allow the girth of the control console to clear the final obstacles on the way out the door. Since I have to fly back Sunday evening, time did not permit a cross-country jaunt westward therefore I placed it in climate-controlled storage for retrievel at a later date. These are magnificent machines and this one is in operating condition and very crisp cosmetically. A complete set of manuals came with it along with all of the associated control cables and opto-mechanical accessories such as the orrery and geocentric earth projector. As is often the case when I do these jobs, there were alot of extra goodies tossed in. This star projector will be installed at a high school in Colorado that I do volunteer work for, where it is desperately needed to replace an aging projector slated for retirement as soon as this one can be delivered. This is the fourth Spitz 512 I have removed over the past few years .. each one is unique in one aspect or another, no two are alike. I am especially thrilled to see this one serve again in the education field. The projector that is being replaced in Colorado, a classic GOTO/Viewlex once installed in the National Museum of Natural History, will come to Phoenix to join the others.
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