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Robertboyet
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Username: Robertboyet
Post Number: 3
Registered: 08-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 12:03 pm: | 
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Without buying a parts lens or camera for just one screw or spring would anyone know where I could find a source for these items either new or used? Also does anyone have a sizing chart (and material type such as "stainless steel" or "brass" or whatever the screw is made of)for the most commonely used screws/fasteners in Japaneese cameras? I'll bet lots of folks could use information about where to find tiny generic springs, detent balls and screws. Did the original camera makers make their own fasteners or did they get them form a common supplier and would that supplier still be around? Thanks for hearing me-hope to hear from someone who can help! |
Pablomartinez
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Username: Pablomartinez
Post Number: 41
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 04:02 pm: |
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You can find a good source of screws in an optician. Mine has a box FULL of tiny screws, bolts, washers... and if I choose a day with no customers, he lets me have a look and find a good one.
Other source is all the junk you throw to the garbage. There is no appliance, old computer or toy that goes to the garbage without being carefully dismantled and all the pieces that might be reused carefully stored. An old printer is a gold mine for springs and a computer internal drive has dozens of minuscule screws.
By the way, what do you need? |
Lucas
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Username: Lucas
Post Number: 9
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 05:08 am: |
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The detent balls you can buy from SKF, they sell the tiny little balls that go into tiny ballbearings separate. Just look for a SKF representative in the yellowpages. |
Robertboyet
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Username: Robertboyet
Post Number: 4
Registered: 08-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 11:38 am: |
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Thanks for your replies.
I am missing a small detent spring from a Vivitar 28mm lens, a mirror return spring for a Pentax K1000 and various assortment of small screws, the size and composition of I do not know.
Good idea about the detent ball. Caused me to think I may have some old (non working-like my photo stuff) appliances or power tools around the house with bearings that I might tear apart for their balls. |
Pablomartinez
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Username: Pablomartinez
Post Number: 42
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 01:46 pm: |
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Make a drawing of the springs you are missing and if I have something similar, I send it to you. |
Arnoldharris
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Username: Arnoldharris
Post Number: 5
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 07:01 pm: |
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Micro-Tools. They are on the Internet, and have just about everything, icluding small ball bearings in all kinds of metric sizes.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI |
Robertboyet
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Username: Robertboyet
Post Number: 5
Registered: 08-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 06:56 pm: |
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I may have partly answered my own question. I found a goldmine for small fasteners, screws, clips, springs, tools of all kinds, small ball bearings to use for detent balls, dampening sheets (could probably be used for light seals and mirror dampers) and many more things for working on small stuff and cameras. Go to Small Parts, Inc at http://www.smallparts.com/ and download their catalog. You will be glad you did. I think they have most of what Micro-Tools has and maybe more. At least some different stuff. GET THE CATALOG! |
