Originally Posted by
David Lindquist
That's what I was thinking but the SK Grimes website describes the mounting thread for the No. 3 Acme for Eastman Kodak as 1.946 inch diameter with a pitch of 24 T.P.I. (threads per inch) and for the "stock" No. 3 Acme, well one place it says 1.911 inch - 40 T.P.I. and another 1.915 inch - 40 T.P.I.
Just checked the mounting thread on the No. 3 Acme for my 1964 Commercial Ektar, its pitch is 24 T.P.I. its O.D. is 1.985 inches or a bit over 1/32 inch larger than the SK Grimes figure. I used dial calipers to measure the diameters and a leaf type thread gage to measure the pitch.
David
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