[rollei_list] Re: bad news re: old rollei
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:45:42 -0700
PJ
I have a small machine shop, but I would not attempt to make
a theoretical part for an unknown camera.
Jerry
Peter J Nebergall wrote:
> 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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