I was lucky enough to find a good shape 12" series II Velostigmat lens on Ebay. I found that the piston in the studio shutter was siezed. A little tap with a jewelers screwdriver inside the nipple loosened it and I unscrewed the top and cleaned out the gunk with a .30 caliber bronze rifle bor brush! I then placed a tiny amount of molybdenum sulphide powder onto a Q tip and cleaned out the piston sleeve. After reassembly, the aperture snaps open and closed nicely with the airbulb I use for my Packard. I also found that the diffusion ring was jammed. After donning the rubber gloves and placing the lens ring in my right hand, and holding the barrel with the other, I was able to shift it and now it loosens and moves nicely. So far so good.... Now I need to find out what size the retaining ring will be? I am in the market for an 8x10 camera so while I wait for something to come along, I am wondering if anyone knows where I can find the retaining ring? Or does anyone have one they'd be willing to let me buy off of them?
Next step will be to remove the beauty ring as per Mark Sawyer's thread. My lens has two small pointy holes already in it so I wonder if this has been apart before? I don't have this type of pointed tip spanning wrench though only the flat/straight version. Is there a source for these too?
Thanks
Andrew
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