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Doug
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 30, 2004 - 08:36 pm: | 
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I still have my first SLR, a Canon FTb that I bought in the mid-70s. It is very clean and was fully operational until one day when the film advance jammed. I ultimately removed the film from the camera and have tried unsuccessfully to get it to move. The shutter won't work because the film advance was only half done when it jammed. Is there some solution to this problem other than take it in for repair, which they told me would cost more than the body is worth. It has sentimental value also. |
Ed
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 05:01 pm: |
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Look and see if the counter window is in place. It frerqwuently comes uncemented and gets jammed in the wind mechanism. If you find it gone and it is not salvagable, you can use as piece of celluoid--lightly epoxy in place--do the same with the original if you find it intact. |
Doug
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 08:29 pm: |
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The counter window is intact and in place. Anybody have any other suggestions? Is there a way to open it up to get it unjammed? |
David Nebenzahl
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 02:48 am: |
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I ended up giving up on a similarly-jammed FTb, after posting a query here and getting several versions of advice. I got both the top & bottom of the camera off with not too much trouble, but it turned out that a complete disassembly of the camera was required, at which point I said the hell with it.
Maybe you'll have better luck with yours. |
rick oleson
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 02:34 pm: |
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Once in a while you get lucky; maybe a screw has come loose and jammed in the gears. Easiest place to look is under the baseplate, so look there first. If you don't find the problem there, top cover is the next stop; if you have to keep going from there it gets more difficult.
You shouldn't need any sketches for the baseplate; I have some for the top cover if you need them.
rick  = |
Doug
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 05:54 pm: |
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Thanks. That is at least mildly encouraging advice. I have never had a camera open, however. Where do you get the right tool to do it? |
David Nebenzahl
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 09:03 pm: |
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The only special tool you're going to need to get both top and bottom off is a small spanner wrench for the screw on top of the wind lever--you know, the one with two little holes in it. The spanner (pointy variety) sticks into these little holes and turns the screw. But even this can be improvised: two sharpened points held with pliers or something else will do, but you want to be careful so you don't end up with a bunch of nasty scratches.
If you want to get such a spanner, fairly cheaply, plus any other camera-type tools, Micro-Tools has them.
Apart from that, all you need is a set of small ("precision" or "jewelers") screwdrivers, including both flat and cross-point (Phillips) types. |
