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     M_currie Tinkerer Username: M_currie Post Number: 206 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A |
I think Brandon is on the right track, just to go for another part, given how common Argus c-3's are. If this were some rare and historic camera, one could, I'm sure, repair or remanufacture the part, but it would be madness to try. For David nebenzahl: the two wedge shaped pieces are actually a one piece pawl, pivoted on that little pin, and kept in place by the flat spring which is pinned to the top of the bar. It's a very clever arrangement, in which the flat spring functions not only to guide the bar but also to load the pawl. But this means that the bar is more complicated than it first appears, because it must have a slot in it to accommodate the pawl and to allow the pawl to pivot. To attempt that with files and jeweler's saws would be challenge. A miniature machinist could do it easily enough, but unless you're a miniature machinist yourself, you'd end up paying many times the value of another C-3, and at the end you'd still face the challenge of removing the spring from the old part and pinning it to the new one without damage. |