Calamity Jane
14-Jul-2005, 19:54
The shutter on my 8x10 is a BIG Wollensack pneumatic dated 1901.
The shutter was pretty erratic on the slow speeds so I opened it up for a good cleaning.
Now I am pretty careful when I work on things like this so I was surprised to find a spring with one end attached to the front cover and the other end NOT attached to anything!
I thought maybe the spring was to retract the delay cylinder but, when I hooked it to the pin on the delay arm, it over-powered the shutter leaf spring.
I am absolutely puzzled!
Anybody else out there play with antique Wollensacks?
The shutter was pretty erratic on the slow speeds so I opened it up for a good cleaning.
Now I am pretty careful when I work on things like this so I was surprised to find a spring with one end attached to the front cover and the other end NOT attached to anything!
I thought maybe the spring was to retract the delay cylinder but, when I hooked it to the pin on the delay arm, it over-powered the shutter leaf spring.
I am absolutely puzzled!
Anybody else out there play with antique Wollensacks?