Jim C.
15-Mar-2011, 06:28
I've been mucking around restoring a Thornton Pickard shutter and
I picked up some string at a fabric store to replace the missing string
after a few test firings it broke, I was wondering
what others have used to replace the shutter cocking string ?
Venetian blind string seems a tad too thick.
The other problem I have is determining the correct length of the shutter cloth,
the one that was in it was in piss poor shape, sewn, painted patched with
I don't know what. I soaked the petrified remains in lac thinner to get it
to relax and flatten out and it seems short, my best guess at the length is 13.75 inches.
This TP shutter has a 45.50 mm opening on the lens board, anyone restore a
similar shutter confirm the length ?
I picked up some string at a fabric store to replace the missing string
after a few test firings it broke, I was wondering
what others have used to replace the shutter cocking string ?
Venetian blind string seems a tad too thick.
The other problem I have is determining the correct length of the shutter cloth,
the one that was in it was in piss poor shape, sewn, painted patched with
I don't know what. I soaked the petrified remains in lac thinner to get it
to relax and flatten out and it seems short, my best guess at the length is 13.75 inches.
This TP shutter has a 45.50 mm opening on the lens board, anyone restore a
similar shutter confirm the length ?