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     Cooltouch Tinkerer Username: Cooltouch Post Number: 247 Registered: 01-2009 Rating: N/A |
Hey Hans! Well, that must be my problem then. I didn't spend the requisite amount of time with that tiny spring, getting to know it more intimately. I'll have my chance to make up for it, though, when I make a replacement. It took almost an hour to shape the 0.013" one. Seems like a lot of time for a 1/2" long piece with a couple of kinks and curves, but that's probably because I had to use a couple of pairs of needle nose pliers to make it. I'm at least partially to blame for my predicament regarding getting stuck with a Synchro Compur shutter. In older, German-made cameras, I kinda insist on the S-C when I purchase a folder, because it has flash sync. Besides, I think the SC shutters just look a lot cooler than the Compur Rapids. I agree about not rushing things. In fact, with this shutter, I made a point of waiting until I was in the right frame of mind before tackling the job. *sigh* A lot of good it did. Now I get to do it all over again. But I'm finding that psyching myself up for the second time is easier because I don't feel nearly as intimidated. Except for the springs. Springs still get to me. |