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Will
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 03:32 pm: | 
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I've just gotten a Canonet and believe I've got the classic stuck shutter blades issue. My self timer is stuck all the way over and nothing happens when I press the shutter button. Light meter and everything else works well. I have a battery in it.
I'm going to try the naptha solution through the self timer fix, but if that doesn't work I may have to 'go in'. I've read the article on this site about how to do it, but I don't have access to a bench grinder to make my own tool to take the rear lens assembly apart. Can anyone else recommend a tool or method I can use instead to do the work? |
Peter Wallage
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 04:32 pm: |
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If you've got a small blow lamp, or even a gas stove, a file and a vice you can make the tool from a steel scraper. Heat the blade to red and let it cool off to soften it. File it to shape and then heat it again to red and quench it in oil - any old oil will do. This will harden it, then you really ought to temper it or the tips may be too brittle. Clean it with emery cloth and play a flame about an inch behind the tip. Watch the colours travel from the part you're heating, and when blue reaches the tip quench it again. Job done.
Peter |
Sean OKeefe
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 07:10 am: |
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Will,
I use a dremel tool grinder attached to a drill. I'm too cheap to buy the dremel tool but the fittings work well on a standard drill. Speeds up the grinding over a file.
Sean |
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