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Author Message   Bigbeark Tinkerer Username: Bigbeark Post Number: 1 Registered: 06-2013 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Sunday, June 09, 2013 - 06:43 pm:    Hi everyone, I'm new here. I have this very nice Taron 35 rangefinder with the Tomioka Lauser lens and NKS shutter from the mid 50s. Everything works and looks good on this one but the helicoid is really seized tight at the 3 feet mark. I tried to remove the lens using my pointed lens spanner and some WD40 but no go. It looks like the lens is retained by a drum. I am considering removing the lens elements and using a heat gun but this seems extreme. You can't actually see the helical threads from inside or outside the camera. Suggestions? I have a small butane torch as well.