Graflex Replacement GG/Fresnel Lens

[Tin Can]

Good data

I will clean mine

Very carefully

[westpost]

I need more help:

Upon replacing the fresnel lens, two little metal washers popped up from somewhere and landed on top of the lens. I have no idea where they came from. Any advice of where they go?

Thanks!

[BrianShaw]

I need more help:

Upon replacing the fresnel lens, two little metal washers popped up from somewhere and landed on top of the lens. I have no idea where they came from. Any advice of where they go?

Thanks!

Under the screw that holds the ground glass clip. Between the screw head and the clip.

[westpost]

Under the screw that holds the ground glass clip. Between the screw head and the clip.

Then should there be four washers total (for the four screws)? I see only two.

Thanks!

[BrianShaw]

Then should there be four washers total (for the four screws)? I see only two.

Thanks!

The pic in post 13 is for a SuperGraphic, which only has 2 screws. This pic is from the Pacemaker Crown (1955) service manual, and it doesn't even show washers in that location. But that doesn't mean that they weren't used; Graflex documentation is extensive and it's sometimes difficult to figure out what changes occured over many years. I would assume that there was one for each screw. TBH, I doubt that the washers are really necessary in that location. If your experience is like mine, though, the other 2 are somewhere in the carpet below your workbench... and replacements are somewhere in a hard-to-find location in the garage.

[westpost]

TBH, I doubt that the washers are really necessary in that location.

I feel better now having only two.

[BrianShaw]

Hre is one online resource for Graflex service manuals that you should explore, especially of you do anything more extensive than cleaning GG/Ektalite:

https://graflex.org/manuals/

[westpost]

I want to thank everyone for being generous with their expertise. This forum is a shining example of what the internet is really supposed to be like.

[BrianShaw]

I want to thank everyone for being generous with their expertise. This forum is a shining example of what the internet is really supposed to be like.

You haven't seen the bill yet. It's in the mail. Ha ha ha.


Please let us know how you like the camera, I've always enjoyed using the Graphic press cameras.

[westpost]

Now that I'm putting it back together, I could use some confirmation on the placement of the fresnel lens and gg. When I took it apart, the fresnel was the one closer to the lens, and the gg was closer to the photographer. The fresnel ribbing was facing the photographer. And I believe the smooth side of the gg was facing the photographer.

Does this sound right? It has occurred to me that I might not have been the first person to take this thing apart over the past 50+ years.