Originally Posted by
sculptorBradP
Your 1920s Deardoff super large format camera posted here - impressive! Have you ever attempted to get a Linhof Gigant stand from the 1950s? There seem to be a number of variations on the Linhof Gigant - manual, electric, variations on the model size and style... I noticed one posted on Linhof oriented online group that was from the early 1940s / later 1930s that the mechanism for raising and lowering was based on a gigantic bicycle-like chain... Fantastic that you restored the Deardorff! Tin Can, Did you attach new caster wheels to your Linhof Heavy Duty Geared Dolly Tripod Grober Stativwagen DeLuxe? If you did find new wheel replacements - do you remember the specifics of the wheel specs and where you found new ones? Mine seem fine now, but I am hesitant to play around flex testing them - though not hesitant to utilize the stand - they could appear more mint. Two of the Linhof bakelite knobs for locking the wheels are broken off of mine - knobs missing as well. I purchased one extra Linhof knob - new old stock - in the same color and style as the remaining wheel locking knob. I will need to drill out with a small extraction bit the two broken threaded locking stems and glue a narrow metal piece to unscrew the remaining. Your Linhof Geared Dolly Tripod Grober Stativwagen appears to have a different - later? - locking mechanism. There is also on my Geared Dolly Tripod Grober Stativwagen a threaded narrow stem with a metal pin through it below the crank mechanism - on the vertical portion. I assume this was a connection for a locking knob? Does yours have a similar knob at that position? The lowering and raising as well as remaining in position seem fine as is.
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