Re: Kalart repair question
Re: Kalart repair question
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Originally Posted by
Bob Salomon
Know a Dentist?
Not one who would operate on my camera! But I'm not averse to buying some dental tools if there's something that might do the job....
Re: Kalart repair question
Even with the warning about its counterintuitive direction people break this off and strip the slot.
One of mine was stripped like this. I grasped it with a small set of vice grips and adjusted it. It has been very stable since.
Re: Kalart repair question
Just get another one, lot's of them around.
Re: Kalart repair question
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Originally Posted by
Randy Moe
Just get another one, lot's of them around.
got a junker? :) I looked on Ebay and I saw two, but neither are like mine and both are expensive. That's why I was trying to save this one. But I'll keep an eye out for a parts unit.
Re: Kalart repair question
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Originally Posted by
Rael
Not one who would operate on my camera! But I'm not averse to buying some dental tools if there's something that might do the job....
Then see a machinist.
Re: Kalart repair question
That freaking screw-head is mangled on every Kalmart except NOS. Often it is caused by not relaxing the other adjustments. In evil mode I think Kalart built that part it to be broken.
Okay, enough of the doom and gloom. I have a spare and if it just happens to be pristine, it is yours. Gads, I've made enough from those POSes to do a pay-ahead. Tomorrow when I'm at the bench I will check. Don't keep your hopes high. Yet.
Oh BTW, the best screw drivers for many of these parts are precision 'gun' screwdrivers. They have the optimal width and depth. Here is a photo of my old set. I am not a gun person, but I appreciate good tools.
You might have to use a locking needle-nose plier to remove it.
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Re: Kalart repair question
If it protrudes from the surface you can file the top as a hex or square bolt and then use pliers to turn it. My Speed Graphic's Kalart seems to be different...
Re: Kalart repair question
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Originally Posted by
Jac@stafford.net
That freaking screw-head is mangled on every Kalmart except NOS. Often it is caused by not relaxing the other adjustments. In evil mode I think Kalart built that part it to be broken.
Okay, enough of the doom and gloom. I have a spare and if it just happens to be pristine, it is yours. Gads, I've made enough from those POSes to do a pay-ahead. Tomorrow when I'm at the bench I will check. Don't keep your hopes high. Yet.
Oh BTW, the best screw drivers for many of these parts are precision 'gun' screwdrivers. They have the optimal width and depth.
Here is a photo of my old set. I am not a gun person, but I appreciate good tools.
You might have to use a locking needle-nose plier to remove it.
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That would be fantastic. I'll keep my hopes in neutral airspace for the time being. Thanks! I can't get a plier on it - it's literally flush with the surface and there's very little to grab, and if I grab it, I can't turn it because it's in a slot. Frustrating. I'm going to agree with your theory of evil. There seems to be so many more logical ways to design that adjustment....