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Fallisphoto
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Username: Fallisphoto
Post Number: 320
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 08:35 am: | 
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I'm having difficulty with an Aires Viscount. Either someone has used a thread locking fluid on the rewind crank or I am doing something very wrong. Does the rewind crank unscrew in the standard way (jam the fork and just unscrew it)? Could it possibly be a left hand thread? |
John_shriver
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Username: John_shriver
Post Number: 101
Registered: 12-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 07:14 pm: |
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I don't remember having any challenges getting it off of mine. Do check for small set-screws, but that's unlikely on a budget-priced camera like the Viscount. I think you'll need some Acetone or Methyl-Ethyl-Ketone. |
Donnie_strickland
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Username: Donnie_strickland
Post Number: 173
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 08:38 pm: |
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I haven't handled a Viscount, but I know the Aires 35-IIIL has a set screw which has to be removed to get the knob off. I'm guessing you already checked for that? |
Fallisphoto
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Username: Fallisphoto
Post Number: 321
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 10:08 am: |
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I checked for set screws. I finally just forced it and it came off. It had something like black paint in the threads. I assume there is some kind of ring or washer that is supposed to go in that groove on the shaft? I bought this thing on eBay and the guy carefully shot the photos so it would avoid showing three missing parts. Fortunately, I can fix it anyway and I think I can fabricate the three pieces. |
John_shriver
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Username: John_shriver
Post Number: 103
Registered: 12-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 05:06 pm: |
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That groove in the shaft should match a bent wire spring clip inside the camera, which keeps it from falling back in when pulled all the way up. Not essential, just makes it easier to change film.
This clip is missing on my parts camera. |
John_shriver
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Username: John_shriver
Post Number: 104
Registered: 12-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 05:10 pm: |
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Weak point on the camera is the links to cock the shutter. Design is obvious once you tear the camera down. You can get all the way to the shutter through the front, start by removing dress ring, all very obvious. Shutter is held to helical by a ring in the back, but accessible with spanner wrench. |
Fallisphoto
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Username: Fallisphoto
Post Number: 325
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 06:38 pm: |
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John,
It's missing on mine too (the clip). I put a spring on the shaft, inside of the camera, to hold it down until I need to change film.
The shutter is clean and accurate. However, it is also loose. I understand that there is a plate somewhere with some screws I need to tighten. Do you know how to get at that? |
John_shriver
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Username: John_shriver
Post Number: 105
Registered: 12-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 10:08 am: |
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The shutter is held in place by a retaining ring in the rear of the camera, inside the focusing mount.
But check to be sure that's really what's loose, there's a lot of layers screwed onto the front of the shutter. |
