svlindbe
27-Mar-2010, 13:27
(It should be a "Gutiar STRING", of course! Sorry!)
I tried to repair an old Supermatic no 2 shutter the other day. One small spring was broken. It was one of those made of thin wire. Spare parts are scarce, so I thought "where can I find something similar"? After some thinking, I came up with the idea of using a guitar string. Obviously, it must be a metal string, not the nylon/plastic ones! On the other hand, a used string will do the trick. I took one, held it with a pair of pliers and bent it sharply twice around a small pin. It turned out to be a little stiffer than the original in this case, but it seems to function all right. Now I just have to get the entire shutter back together and see if the times are correct. Assembling is way more difficult than with a Compur or Compound....
I just thought I would pass on the idea. Use it if you need it!
Svein Lindberg
I tried to repair an old Supermatic no 2 shutter the other day. One small spring was broken. It was one of those made of thin wire. Spare parts are scarce, so I thought "where can I find something similar"? After some thinking, I came up with the idea of using a guitar string. Obviously, it must be a metal string, not the nylon/plastic ones! On the other hand, a used string will do the trick. I took one, held it with a pair of pliers and bent it sharply twice around a small pin. It turned out to be a little stiffer than the original in this case, but it seems to function all right. Now I just have to get the entire shutter back together and see if the times are correct. Assembling is way more difficult than with a Compur or Compound....
I just thought I would pass on the idea. Use it if you need it!
Svein Lindberg