[rollei_list] Re: bad news re: old rollei
- From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 16:12:52 -0500
I have a 1937 in my hand. I assume you mean an OS?
Is the crack where the latch attaches at the tripod mount? The fixed
part of the hinge? Someone could create a new one (any machinists here?)
and epoxy it down next to the tripod mount. I would think the latch
could be fabricated. Brass?
P.J. Nebergall
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:58:12 -0700 Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> Shannon,
>
> Rather than throwing good money after bad, I might suggest that
> you buy a long thin worm drive hose clamp and use it to clamp
> the back to the body, Locate it between the lenses.
>
> Jerry
>
> Shannon Stoney wrote:
>
> > I just got a call from Krikar (sp?) at Krimar Photo Shop, where he
> > fixes old Rolleis. He says that my 1937 Rollei is not worth
> fixing,
> > because there is a crack where the latch is, and the shutter is
> off
> > and not fixable in his view. He says it would cost $300-400 to
> fix
> > it, and I might as well buy another, better one that he has for
> that
> > price.
> >
> > But I have already put several hundred dollars into this camera,
> and
> > I don't want to give up on it entirely. I wonder if I could just
> tape
> > the bottom where the latch is, in the same way that I tape up my
> > Holga? The shutter might still be something of a problem, but at
> > least I have more control with it than I do with the Holga.
> >
> > Sorry for the blasphemy of comparing a Rollei to a Holga, but in
> this
> > case it seems like it's so broke that it's only slightly above the
> > Holga in value. Still, I wonder if it might be useable? Maybe
> Mr.
> > Krikar would not use it, but maybe it's good enough for me.
> >
> > --shannon
> >
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