Sinar Shutter Repair

The title is probably a little misleading. My Sinar shutter works fine. But I'm interested in having the ƒ/stop control and the associated plastic "sight gauge" at camera right removed so it doesn't interfere with my camera (not a Sinar). I don't use DB mounts, so it's excess hardware anyway.

Someone had once recommended Peachtree Camera Repair in Atlanta, but I recall that someone else had concerns about using their services. Can anyone recommend a reliable shop to do the job? Does anyone have any comments about Peachtree?

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Have you used their services? Can you comment on them?

Another vote for I have purchased lenses and Sinar boards from George Brown.

He has also mounted some lenses for me on Sinar DB boards, like my Fujinon A lenses. (I can now use them both in their original shutters and in Sinar DB boards, depending on which camera I am using.)

I have recommended him here and on my own web site. He's great.

One of the nice things about using Sinar DB boards is that they have more aperture blades than modern shutters.

Here's a photo made with a Fujinon 240A that George mounted in a DB board. Instead of the usual 5-bladed aperture and resulting pentagonal blur pattern, the opening is now a more irregular shape, basically circular. The Fujinon A lenses are quite sharp, and have very nice blur wide-open. With this setup, they have nice blur at all f/stops.

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/240-DB.jpg
Daffodil, 2011
Sinar P, 240mm Fujinon A
4x5 TMY, D-23

You might also ask Bob Watkins at Precision Camera if this is something that he could do. He has fixed and tuned Sinar Shutters for me but I don't know what modifications he will do.
Ric