Mark Serrurier. Also look up Serrurier Truss. The contribution that allowed Big Science to be. Asrtrophysics would not be here without it. Ronald Florence's book, The Perfect Machine is the history of the develpment of astrophysics, starting at the New York Athletic Club and ending with the dedication of the 200" Palomar Telescope. I worked for his son, Steve, building Rose Parade floats in Pasadena. Mark had recently retired and sold Moviola to the competition, Magnasync and brought one of the old South Bend lathes to the shop to help build the moving parts. I was designing the animation and structural systems so it was natural that he hung out with me and showed me his designs that his son asked him about.Since I was doing the building and faster and cheaper was the goal, if my design would last through the parade we'd do it my way. If he saw serious issues, we'd do it his way. In either case, he would bring drawings, graphs and calculations back the next day and go over all of it so I could incorporate the physics into my future designs, He was at my side for four years. No grad student ever got that kind of hands on attention and experience. I loved that man more than my own father, who cast doubt upon my every move since childhood.
Mark's father actually built the first little hand crank projector to show movies at home. Mark incorporated the frame accurate cutting block and BOOM, there was the Moviola.
I can be a little long winded, but there was so much more about Mark Serrurier than his name.
What is the name of your professor who invented the movieola. I learned to edit on one and remember it fondly.
Mark Serrurier. Also look up Serrurier Truss. The contribution that allowed Big Science to be. Asrtrophysics would not be here without it. Ronald Florence's book, The Perfect Machine is the history of the develpment of astrophysics, starting at the New York Athletic Club and ending with the dedication of the 200" Palomar Telescope. I worked for his son, Steve, building Rose Parade floats in Pasadena. Mark had recently retired and sold Moviola to the competition, Magnasync and brought one of the old South Bend lathes to the shop to help build the moving parts. I was designing the animation and structural systems so it was natural that he hung out with me and showed me his designs that his son asked him about.Since I was doing the building and faster and cheaper was the goal, if my design would last through the parade we'd do it my way. If he saw serious issues, we'd do it his way. In either case, he would bring drawings, graphs and calculations back the next day and go over all of it so I could incorporate the physics into my future designs, He was at my side for four years. No grad student ever got that kind of hands on attention and experience. I loved that man more than my own father, who cast doubt upon my every move since childhood.
Mark's father actually built the first little hand crank projector to show movies at home. Mark incorporated the frame accurate cutting block and BOOM, there was the Moviola.
I can be a little long winded, but there was so much more about Mark Serrurier than his name.