As I am still working on the movement from the Fox Camera, I thought I would answer the questions I have received regarding oiling the movement. While in use, the movement would obviously be in the camera, but it is far easier to show the oil points with the movement out of the camera. If you take a look at the attached pictures, you will see the major points the camera assistant would have to service while in the field.
Note the oil pads on the registration pins, similar to the early Mitchell Standard and NCs. Also of note on this movement, most of the oil points feed oil into closed areas, so as the movement reaches high speed, there is very little chance of oil being flung onto the film.
The other questions and comments we got had to do with the documentation that I have acquired over the years for the Fox camera. One image shows an original “20th Century – Fox Motion Picture Camera Maintenance, Construction, and Assembly Data” manual.
The other image shows my file cabinet filled to overflowing with blueprints, handwritten notes, and hand-drawn sketches of what seems to be every bit and piece that goes into making these cameras. I still haven’t decided if it is safe to take the movement completely apart without the fixtures described in the manual and several of the blueprints. I’ll have to get back to you on that.
