Just couldn't leave it alone, could ya? (for a laugh)

[andrew_held]

Steve Grimes can fix the shutter. Like the Library of Congress, he

has the latest, the last, the rarest and most obtuse. Unlike the

library he can do more than simply put things in piles, he can fix

them. You might want to email him to see if he thinks it is worth

it. www.skgrimes. com.

[doug_gould]

Obvioulsy, this thread is getting too long. As I stated in my opening

post, I have already mailed the darn thing to SK Gimes...

 

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Thanks for all the replies!!

 

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Doug

[victor_randin]

Shame on me! I began earning as a long-range driver on heavy tracks

at Margin North and had repaired my tracks a lot. Yesterday I was in

a hurry when changing a rear right wheel on my car 928 S2 and forgot

to mount it properly. I have lost a wheel in a mile making a left

turning. To my happiness nobody and nothing was damaged except my car.

At least it�s sufficiently safely to change a wheel in the Compur :?)

[andrew_cole1]

I agree with Neil, there's nothing wrong with attempting to fix these

by yourself, but you shouldn't start with an expensive piece of

equipment (i.e. one that you would be upset to throw in the trash).

 

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A large format shutter recondition is only $40 or so (I think), well

worth it under most circumstances.

[øyvinddahle]

I tried to remove the fungus in my 70-210/4 Kiron, the bought for $20 on Ebay (Kiron produced Vivitar Series-1 lenses in the 80s, and this lens was a testwinner). I took out the screws, tried to screw out the lens and halfway it stoped, but I managed to take out the hood-bajonet-metal. When I turned the lens upside down, the front-lens-combination fell out, and landed on the edge of the glasstable, and the on the floor. Of cause it took a piece of the second glass, inside, and the fungus was not fungus, only easy removed oil or grease. The lesson is to take it slowly, and work over a padded table.

 

I had better luck with my 210 Apo-Symmar, my most expensive item. It landed on a screw on the flor, and I could no longer use filters, a 3-4mm dent. I sat down and cried. Some days later I took it to my father, educated as a fine-mechanic and gunmaker, now working as a teacher.

 

While I hit with a hammer, he hold the lens and another hammer upside down, using the wood handle with wood and lino underneath. Bang, take a look, hit it again, Øyvind! Bang! Bang! A bit harder now! Bang! A bit harder! Bang!

Let's test it, still not working! Bang! There we are! Good as new!

 

I reapeated this on a Vivitar 35/1.9 at home with my girlfriend using the hammer, while I was holding a hammer upside down. I managed to put on a filter, but the rest was so hard used, the apertur varied when I changed the focusing. It will be resting in drawer until I throw in the garbage.

 

Please tell me if you need parts for Kiron 70-210 with focus and zoom-locks, except for the front lenses!