Kodak Coating Lines For Sale

mike c

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only a $10.00 UPS shipping handling fee for international shipping, that can't be right!
 

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If that stuff goes anywhere besides the scrapyard, it's going to China.

I'll tell you--seeing this is enough to make a grown man cry.
 

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mike c said:
only a $10.00 UPS shipping handling fee for international shipping, that can't be right!
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Unfortunately it's a $10 charge in addition to the UPS charge. I was going to buy one, but the extra $10 was just too much.

I hope Kodak had more than 18 of these
 

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From reading the description, this isn't the film coating machine. This is the machine used to make the acetate base, which is later coated with emulsion.

Very sad indeed.
 

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I'd say that's the end of the line.

Will they come with their own power cord, I wonder?
 

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You guys don't even know what this is!

We drove by a similar one today that is set up on display (and has been for years) on Ridge Road.

Better find out what this is before you buy one!



PE
 

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Photo Engineer said:
You guys don't even know what this is!

We drove by a similar one today that is set up on display (and has been for years) on Ridge Road.

Better find out what this is before you buy one!



PE
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It says film coater line, although I initially had a hard time conceiving Kodak ever having 18 of them.

Terrible pics, and looks dirtier than I would have imagined as a Kodak machine. Printing presses and other textile machinery gets gunk all running down the sides looking nasty. I always imagined Kodak kept their machinery all fresh and pretty looking.
 
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Photo Engineer said:
You guys don't even know what this is!

We drove by a similar one today that is set up on display (and has been for years) on Ridge Road.

Better find out what this is before you buy one!



PE
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So which is it, PE - a line used to make acetate base, an emulsion coating line, or something else? Inquiring minds want to know, even if we don't have the $250K minimum bid.

It would be wild if this was one of the lines once used to make Kodachrome.
 

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So, has anyone here clicked the Make Offer button? LOL.
 

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I'd like to make a ridiculous 100$ offer but I'm afraid they'll accept it.
 
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Barry S

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It's a manufacturing line for acetate film base--available now, since Kodak is now purchasing acetate film from outside sources.

Photo Engineer said:
You guys don't even know what this is!

We drove by a similar one today that is set up on display (and has been for years) on Ridge Road.

Better find out what this is before you buy one!



PE
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If someone starts a Kickstarter to buy this, I'll be in for $50 in return for the first few packs of film.
Then should the 'stretch target' be to hire PE to run the damn thing?
 

Ken Nadvornick

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Hire??

Can you say "barn cat?"



Ken
 

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I imagine to goad PE into standing there running the machine, you'd better have a whip.
There's 18 of those machines, and dollars to doughnuts those 18 machines will end up being re-named the USS George W Bush.
No snide political quips please. It was just a joke.
 
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Dr Croubie

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Photo Engineer said:
This is correct. It has nothing to do with coating film emulsions.

PE
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It's still the first piece of the puzzle in the line. Once we all buy this one then all we need is a coater and a slitter/packager...
 

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I saw this earlier and chuckled. I am amazed at this one. It is sad to me that they are taking these steps
 

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Dr Croubie said:
It's still the first piece of the puzzle in the line. Once we all buy this one then all we need is a coater and a slitter/packager...
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A couple of customers to buy the film would be nice.
 
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Dr Croubie said:
It's still the first piece of the puzzle in the line. Once we all buy this one then all we need is a coater and a slitter/packager...
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Exactly. I figure by the time we have this set up and running, the rest will be available.
 

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I will never start up another business.
I will never start up another business.
I will never start up another business.
I will never start up another business....
 
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