Can I buy additional gobo wheels for my x-moves???
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It's hard to say. I think there may have been a "what's on the inside of this thing" break-down video that went into details on construction and features, but I'm not going to take the time to look for it right now.
My guess is that you can probably order individual gobos. There are a couple of recommended companies that make replacement gobos. I suppose if you order enough they might make a wheel for you, but usually they just make the gobo itself. You'd just snap out the old one(s) and put in the new one(s) in theory.
I haven't even cracked my moving head lights apart yet to see how they are doing things in there. I even have replacemet gobos for it, although in all honesty I doubt I'd replace what is currently in the fixture.
The manual for the X-Move LED wasn't very forthcoming in sharing information about the gobos. I'm willing to bet that in order to save money, ADJ is using an existing gobo wheel technology. Heck, I'd do the same thing. No sense in re-inventing the gobo wheel. Use something that works and fit it to a new fixture. That's just good business. So, those are my thoughts on that, and further thoughts are tied to that. I think the ultimate answer is yes, you probably CAN get new gobos made.
I'd contact customer service directly for specs or maybe Jingles will repost the names of those companies that ADJ knows will do a good job of making replacement gobos. You can go with metal or even glass gobos. You can do some way cool stuff with glass gobos.
My guess is that you can probably order individual gobos. There are a couple of recommended companies that make replacement gobos. I suppose if you order enough they might make a wheel for you, but usually they just make the gobo itself. You'd just snap out the old one(s) and put in the new one(s) in theory.
I haven't even cracked my moving head lights apart yet to see how they are doing things in there. I even have replacemet gobos for it, although in all honesty I doubt I'd replace what is currently in the fixture.
The manual for the X-Move LED wasn't very forthcoming in sharing information about the gobos. I'm willing to bet that in order to save money, ADJ is using an existing gobo wheel technology. Heck, I'd do the same thing. No sense in re-inventing the gobo wheel. Use something that works and fit it to a new fixture. That's just good business. So, those are my thoughts on that, and further thoughts are tied to that. I think the ultimate answer is yes, you probably CAN get new gobos made.
I'd contact customer service directly for specs or maybe Jingles will repost the names of those companies that ADJ knows will do a good job of making replacement gobos. You can go with metal or even glass gobos. You can do some way cool stuff with glass gobos.
I would direct to contact customer service on monday. But to the best of my knowledge given the size of the X-move.... i believe im not 100% sure but i believe the gobo wheel is one solid piece of sheet metal with the gobos cut out of the metal. I dont believe you can replace just one or two gobo's would have to do the whole wheel and we dont do that.
Sincerely,
Sincerely,
I just watched the video for the X-Move LED, and while I saw different gobos, I didn't see any gobo rotation. If this is the case, the gobo wheel could be made relatively inexpensively(say, punched sheet metal) and then affixed to a gear mechanism and installed. If that is the case, then what Jingles said would be true, that the entire wheel would need to be replaced.
Probably one of those companies that do gobo replacements would most likely be able to do an entire wheel as well, BUT you'd have to contact them on your own to find out for sure. Only those companies can provide those answers.
Probably one of those companies that do gobo replacements would most likely be able to do an entire wheel as well, BUT you'd have to contact them on your own to find out for sure. Only those companies can provide those answers.
Alright cool, Thanks guys.