Kodak 2D Rear Standard Disassembly

[J20DB]

Hello everyone! I just picked up a 5x7 2D as a restoration process - decent example with good bellows (light-tigh, with a little cosmetic wear that just needs a little bit of liquid electric tape), but I've run into a bit of a snag while disassembling it. For the life of me, I can't figure out how to get the rear standard apart, and while I've searched this forum and have found a ton of great advice on working with these cameras, I haven't found an answer for this one. I've removed the block that holds the bellows in place, but the pivot pins on the rear standard are rivets, and I can't figure out a way to get everything apart without cutting those rivets. Is there something here I'm missing, or was this thing just manufactured in a way that made disassembly extremely difficult without replacing parts to put it back together?

[brucep]

I had to drill mine out and replaced with some 2 part leather studs. I will photograph them when I get home to show you how they look

[J20DB]

That would be incredibly helpful, thank you!

How about disassembling the lower half part of the standard with the gearing for the rear swing? Some of the various fittings are captive, but I'm having a hard time figuring out what should come off first, as I can't actually figure out how to strip it any further.

[Jim C.]

As Bruce said drill out the rivet, if you're careful you can re-drill and tap the pivot to accept a large head button screw.

As to the rear standard, remove the rear camera body after you deal with the pivots,
most of it is pretty obvious once you get the rear standard base off.

Note the rear tilt shaft has a lock knob, take that off, if yours has been worked on the peened end of the shaft
may allow you to unscrew the lock knob, if not, careful filing or a Dremel to clean up the peened part to allow
removal of the lock knob

[J20DB]

I've got the rear standard mostly apart - all I have left to figure out how to remove is the rear swing knob and gear (I got the lock knobs off by grinding down the peened shaft ends). It looks like the gear is pressed on to the shaft, but I can't get it off and I don't want to break it by prying too hard.

I also haven't removed the pivots, as I haven't yet decided on how to replace the rivets, plus I'm trying to figure out what to do with the handle attachments; I don't have the handle and don't really need it, but I'm not sure if I want to remove them and leave them off.

[Michael Cienfuegos]

I got some really nice handles for my 2D from Brettuns Village Trunk Shop http://www.brettunsvillage.com/trunk...ts/handles.htm. They also have brackets if you need them. Scroll down to "typewriter Handles. " on the link. I fastened the old bracket with 4-40 brass screws.



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[Curt]

Drill baby drill!

[J20DB]

I got some really nice handles for my 2D from Brettuns Village Trunk Shop http://www.brettunsvillage.com/trunk...ts/handles.htm. They also have brackets if you need them. Scroll down to "typewriter Handles. " on the link. I fastened the old bracket with 4-40 brass screws.

Thanks for the link! Those handles look great, and are very reasonable priced! I'm thinking of removing the stock handle split rivets/pins and going with nuts and bolts, or seeing if I can find the right size split pins somewhere.

Drill baby drill!

That'll be the next step! I'm hoping to maintain the stock hardware though, luckily I'm seeing a machinist friend of mine this weekend so I'll bring the rear standard with me and ask him about tapping the pivots as Jim C. suggested.

Any ideas on removing the rear swing knob/gear? I can (carefully) refinish around the hardware attached to that block if need be, but I'm hoping to not have to!

And while we're at it, thank you all for the help! I've been a member here for at least a few years, but this is my first time posting. This forum has been a great resource!

[Jon Shiu]

Re: swing
I think if you take the center pivot apart, the two pieces of wood will be able to separate.

Jon

[Jim C.]

The rear swing knob is installed thru a key hole shaped hole, as Jon Shiu said, take the center pivot apart,
it's a threaded brass post with a groove on top that the tilt pinion shaft rides on, the bottom is a threaded washer,
you'll need a pair of circlip / snap ring pliers to spin the washer off.