It seems that the company that i bought my projector bulbs from didnt actually have them in stock... but they are being ordered in. This happens a lot with me lately.. online sellers that pretend to have the stock and take your money.

OH wel.... in the meantime, we did something a bit clever through necessity.

Bulb we wanted is a 10V 75W bulb.

What i found is a 12V 50W down the local hardware... both bulbs are estimated at 100 hours use.

The original bulb is a single pin base.. our new bulb needs to be modified.

We cut the glass away from the old bulb and soldered our new bulb to the now exposed filament.




 I wasnt sure how bright it was going to be as i figured it would shine at approx 1/2 the light output... i was also worried that it would desolder itself.

In fact... it works a bloody treat!






The place in Rosewood QLD also have a few of my photocells in stock.. just a couple that are not listed.

It should arrive on Thursday.

The valve amp is all cleaned up and gives off a low hum, just as it should.

We are at the point where it possible to load a film!