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Preston Carter
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 06:45 pm: | 
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I have a Canonet GIII with a stuck shutter. I've read several recent and not-so-recent threads about this, as well as Henry's article, suggesting that one should remove the rear lens element and wash the shutter blades. I'd like to try it but I don't have the special spanner tool and I'm wondering if anyone reading this forum would be interested in lending theirs or selling me one. I live in California, USA, and I imagine it would be pretty easy to send the tool by US mail.
My neighbor down the street has a small machine shop so if necessary I can ask him for help making the tool but I thought I'd post this inquiry first and possibly save some effort.
This is my first post to this site and I assume my e-mail address is visible to anyone who cares to reply off-list. If not, let me know and I'll include my e-mail address in the body of a follow-on post.
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greyhoundman
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 05:51 am: |
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Just a thought. I recently had the same on a GIII. Turns out the self timer was the problem.
Be sure it is totally off. Once I pushed the lever(rather hard)down, the shutter worked perfectly. |
rick oleson
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 06:09 am: |
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Henry made his tool from a paint scraper. you can do the same if you have a hacksaw and a Dremel.
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Preston Carter
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 01:09 pm: |
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> Henry made his tool from a paint scraper.
> you can do the same if you have a hacksaw
> and a Dreme[l]
Hacksaw I've got. Paint scraper I can readily obtain. It's the grinding/filing part I'm stuck on. I don't have a Dremel or a bench grinder so that's why I posted my inquiry. I'll let a few more days go by and then if no offers are forthcoming I'll go ask my neighbor for help.
Thanks for your response. |
