Betax 3 shutter

[photonfixer]

Hi, I've recently acquired a Wollensak Velostigmat mounted on Betax n.3 shutter. The shutter seems fairly cooked, it seems to fire at the same speed regardless of what is dialled. I also would quite like to be able to use this lens with flash synch, so my questions are:
a) is there a more modern shutter I can look to obtain that this lens will fit on and that has flash synch?
b) if I get it serviced is there any other way to synch flash other than modifying the shutter itself?

thx

[Jon Shiu]

The Alphax No. 3 has the same dimensions, but some of the Betax shutters were special made to fit particular lens cells. I think some Alphax had flash sync.

Jon

[Robert Opheim]

I sent a really "cooked " deltax shutter to Fluots and they replaced springs and other parts and brought it back to life!

[Brassai]

I have a 12 in. Velostigmat in Betax 3 which is working. I'm betting the shutter could be fixed. It seems fairly robust.

[Fotoguy20d]

Are you at all mechanically inclined? Betax 3s are fairly simple, and you can find complete disassembly and cleaning instructions online (as I recall, someone has photos on Flickr of every step).

dan