Looking for a special Arri follow focus gear

[Charles Boileau]

Hi,

 

I'm looking to buy a special gear I need for a set of lenses I have.

 

It's a Arri pitch 3 inch long gear. It's usually used with zoom lenses or Hawk Anamorphics.

 

I need it for my Lomo anamorphics (35mm in particular)

 

Any idea where I could this? Or maybe get one built?

 

There was only one in Montreal, but Trudel (the rental house) lost the only one they had (after I offered to buy it from them). Weird....

 

Anyways any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks!

 

Charles Boileau

Montreal, Quebec

[Charles Boileau]

Here is a picture of what I'm looking for.

 

Thanks!

[Hal Smith]

Have you tried one of the NY and/or LA rental houses like Abel? http://www.abelcine.com

[Oliver Christoph Kochs]

try Les Bosher for building it.

[Dom Jaeger]

I've manufactured a few of these for our 35mm Lomos. It requires modification of a normal Arri follow focus gear - basically adding an extension tube and machining a longer locking screw. If you have a standard Arri gear any machine shop should be able to modify it. Just make sure the extension is centred properly.. the longer the gear the more a small deviation will cause it to wobble. I also make sure the locking screw is captive, because in the rental world if anything isn't locked and secured you can guarantee a crew will lose it!