I found a local machine shop that will make a brass flange for my 1865 Voigtlander 8 in. Petzval. (Two day delivery!) I'm planning on mounting it to my 1926 Gundlach Korona 5x7 and using it for a portrait project. I have another Voigtlander Petzval, serial dated to ~1848. It has a rack & pinion knob/gear that's clearly too small and not original. However, the one from my 1865 lens seems to work on it! I asked the machine shop if they could simply copy that one and make a duplicate, but they said they have no machinery to cut a gear that small. They weren't sure anyone else in town did either. So, who could do this? SK Grimes maybe? Surely there is some place that can. I've seen some other nice Petzvals come up for sale that I passed on because the r&p was missing. I know that functionally it doesn't matter since I'm using them on a modern Gundlach Korona and Chamonix 4x5, but the knob just looks cool. Has anyone had this done? How much did it cost?
Kent in SD
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