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I had this lens in a lot of cameras I recently purchased. It was on an Auto Graflex. I found little on Crown as a manufacturer of lenses but I'd hazard to guess it was produced in house by Graflex?...

Thanks Kent. Not sure how to proceed lol.

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You can see that the front standard is smaller on the No. 1 but the next photo shows the rear standard is the same size as the No.1 which is why i asked previously about the importance of...

Here are some photos of the "new" Eastman No. 2 as well as some comparisons to the Eastman No. 1.

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This is the beat-up bellows with a weird insert to reduce the image size to 5x7 I...

It's been awhile as I hit a snag with the rail gears not being able to be properly aligned. In the meantime, I found an Eastman View 2 which I got to attempt to use for parts for the first camera,...

Thanks for the info. I saw that link before in my search. Interesting the limited amount of information on these types of lenses but I guess low production means limited copies to compare.

I did...

This does concern me but I'll be careful as I go.

Alright more progress!

The lens came apart partially after some more aggressive penetrative oiling.

But not at the expected spot as seen below:

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I still...

Lol, the aperture ring froze up again. Back to drawing board. Needs some more aggresive oiling I think.

Progress!

Tried some penetrating oil on the apparent seam in the middle of the barrel. Dabbed it with a toothpick and let it sit for about 5 minutes. Because of the proximity of the aperture...

I don't think it will be possible to do it by hand so any recommends for tools to safely grip the two halves and torque?

Alright after messing around with it, I was able to get the back plate off But at this point it seems the hood and back plate are the only obvious removal bits. I definitely think you are right that...

Yeah I figured as much. The issue may be that the pieces are locked up as well. Would using a penetrating oil be outr of the question or too extreme in your opinion?

And yes there does appear to...

Thanks so much for the response!

What parts of the barrel for lighter photos? The entire inscription is shown in those images: “No. 12541 Ed. Liesegang Eberhold”

Continued:

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I picked this up at an auction today and I wanted to try to take apart this lens to clean it and try to fix the aperture which is stuck. Not much info is on-line with this lens in particular so I was...

yeah, the misalignement actually is almost immediate when loading it onto the rear base block smaller part. Leading into the hinge there's a definite kick that makes it worse. I didn't remove the...

Not sure what you mean by "side?"

I've done some fine tuning but I can't see to get the rail adjusting stick to maintain equal alignment. The right side inevitably will be slightly more forward to the left.

The reassembly has been cumbersome and mistakes were made, but it's mostly back together. The biggest issue, is that the gear teeth at the extension base (the long rail ones) are misaligned so I have...

Superb info, especially on that lens. It cleaned up nicely at least in regards to the glass so it has that going for it. Thanks for breaking down how it functions. Lenses for LF seem to be the...

I get it, but in the case of the old ones, the mold is an issue. No need to keep it around. They were kind enough to vacuuim seal it for the return though so it'll all go into the trash.

Got the new bellows. They look great.

https://i.imgur.com/RyzDsIO.jpg

They even returned the garbage, mold infested original ones which is considerate, lol. Now that it's been a few weeks, I've...

Whelp, back from my UK trip. The bellows were delivered so now it's on to the restore and reassembly. The next thing I'd like to do is clean the metal. Any tips on that process? I guess based on the...

Yeah after being informed this was a glass plate camera i definitely want to try it.

It’s going well. I was almost able to drop the bellows off in person but they closed at 12pm and we’re scheduled to drive through Birmingham a bit after that. Ah well. At least I saved on overseas...

Bellows will be off to Custom Bellows so thanks for that! Funny enough, I'm traveling to England today for a short trip so I will just box it up here and ship it while in country there easy peasy!...

I'll give them a look.




yeah, I realized after posting the Ektar isn't a good choice. Is the Wollensak it came with an okay option? Not much info on it that I can find.

Thanks very much!



Thanks for the info, I will look into these options.

Here are the photos of it almost completely disassembled:

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I will look them up. I'm guessing you send the old ones for measurement purposes? I will contact them and see where we go from here. Good to know there is someone still doing it.



Thanks for...

I'm in the midst of taking it apart and the bellows definitely need replacing. I'll do some searching but anyone have any resources for bellows? I have the wooden frames that were attached to but do...

The lock works when pulling out but the fromt rise still slips. I definitely need to diagnose it more. Hopefully it isn't something too extreme.

A working condition one seems easier but like I said, the ease of form of this seemed like a good first time DIY restoration project.

Thanks for the info on the lensboard. In the case of this camera, if I was considering replacing the lens, I should then look for lenses at either the 8.5x6.5 coverage or 5x7? I'm sure this boils...

One of the issues I'm runniong into is being able to collapse the whole thing down. One part of that is the stiff bellows. But also, the riasing gear mechanism for the front of the camera slips and...

Great! I'll definitely do more research on that format. Good to know about the glass plate too. I love the idea of eventually getting to that but for now I think I'll stick with film. At least it's a...

The bellows are in rough shape being far too stiff. I think I may opt to replace them unless there is a way to fix that particular issue. That kind of leads into the next part as I plan on taking the...

Thanks for that tip. Is 6.5x8.5 a common size for large format? In my admittedly small lack of research I don't remember seeing this measurement as a standard as often as others?

Some of the more obvious problems are the broken leather strap which should be easy enough to remove and use as a template for a replacement (sans lettering unfortunately).

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Also, the...