1/2" thick Steel Threaded Plate for your Moviola / Ediquip / HFC Film Rewinds

Description

Unusual & Useful 1/2 inch Steel Mounting Plate for Film Rewinds.
I haven't run in to this item often.  Someone has created a "Cheese Plate" for Film Rewinds.  (A Cheese Plate is a very versatile mounting plate - mostly for Camera equipment that have lots of holes for mounting accessories with your camera.)  This is a very heavy 1/2 inch thick Steel Plate 6 inches  by 21 inches with pre drilled mounting holes - some threaded.  It weighs 6 pounds 13 ounces.  If you look at the photo, each end has 3 holes - with the middle one threaded, and a set of 7 unthreaded holes in the middle of the plate.  But the important ones are in the center strip the length of the plate.  By the way, I include photos of a set of Rewinds mounted to the plate - for illustration - but the Rewinds & Reels are NOT included.
There are 2 sets of threaded mounting holes for rewinds.  One set uses the extreme outside edges, the other is more centered.  Using the extreme outside set your rewind spindles are 16.5 inches apart.  Using the more centered set your rewind spindles are 13 inches apart.  The photo illustrating the not included rewinds is showing the more central set.  The center set would be suitable mainly for rewinding & cleaning films - possible for splicing films.  You could not fit a viewer and large reels into that 13 inches.
The wider set of mounting holes would give you 16.5 inches between the shafts.  You might fit a viewer or splicer and 2 smaller - like 400 or 600 foot reels between them.
I've seen photos of these used to wind film onto cores - using a Tight-wind assembly on one rewind - also not included.
Now - Practicality.  If you are looking to spread out and get comfortable - this plate isn't for you.  If you want a sturdy - heavy-duty setup that you can easily move and compactly store - this is an excellent choice.   The 4 corners and 7 central holes that aren't threaded can be used for mounting rubber feet or to bolt this down to a bench.
I'm including the 4 mounting bolts for Rewinds, hex wrench, & washers , and in case you want to use them - 4 heavy duty self stick feet.
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Shipping is interesting.  USPS offers a Flat Rate Box for that would ship this.  It is long and thin.  And Fedex would run the same approx cost.  But since these are thin boxes, combined shipping wouldn't work well.
Photos with reels  or rewinds show the Multiformat concept - No Reels or rewinds are Included with this sale.
Film reels should always be stored vertically - never horizontally as the weight of a stack of reels can break off edges of film that are sticking out.   In fact - you never want to stack large reels of film horizontally - so buy a film rack for Vertical Storage - or build one out of 2x2" wood rails held about 6 inches apart.
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By the way - I'm an Editor.  I've used this type of equipment for years.  I see "Garage & Estate Sale" equipment listed on eBay for incredibly high prices.  I sell working tools in good condition, and that's how I like it.
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And a little History.
“Iwan Serrurier started his Moviola company in 1917 to build a home movie viewer. The name was a copy of
Victrola
since he thought his invention would do for home movie viewing what the Victrola did for home music listening. But the machine cost 0 in 1920 (that’s over ,000 in today’s dollars), so not many sales. An editor at the Studios of Douglas Fairbanks
suggested that Iwan should adapt the device for use by film editors. Serrurier did this and the Moviola as an editing device was born in 1924 with the first Moviola being sold to Douglas Fairbanks himself. All of the Major Studios jumped on board, and his invention was an immediate success.  A full line of Editing Equipment followed.
In 1966 Moviola was sold to Magnasync Corporation (a subsidiary of Craig Corporation) of North Hollywood for million. The new name was Magnasync/Moviola Corp. The new management immediately tripled its production and earned back its purchase price within 2 years.  Competitors sprang up.  Ediquip copied the equipment with excellent quality, and painted it Moviola Green, and was promptly sued by Moviola.  By the time the lawsuit was settled, the industry was fading, and Ediquip ended up buying both Moviola & Precision for Sound Equipment, adopting Moviola as the surviving name. In the transition period you are likely to find Moviola, Precision, and Ediqup equipment branded under any of those names.  Ediquip wasn’t the only company to copy Moviola – Japanese Company Takita also marketed vey similar equipment – many of the parts interchangeable just like Ediquip….
HFC - Hollywood Film Company also made excellent rewinds - but the parts are not interchangeable with any of the Moviola brands.  Moviola was sold to J&R Film in 1984.  They are not supporting any of the older film equipment any longer.