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Comment on Repairing the Thornton Pickard Roller Blind Shutter by Paul

Paul — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 22:02:37 +0000

In reply to Ad Kooy. Sorry, I'm not sure how to get it to work at the indicated speeds. Most likely this is due to the spring slowly degrading over time. My best suggestion is to work out the actual speeds for each setting and print up a little conversion table to carry with it.

Comment on About Me by Paul

Paul — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:57:53 +0000

In reply to Dennis Leavell. No progress there I'm afraid, lots of other things have gotten in the way.

Comment on The Different Types of Grafmatics by Paul

Paul — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:57:05 +0000

In reply to Charles Mason. From memory most of the parts are interchangeable, only the base is different.

Comment on The Different Types of Grafmatics by Charles Mason

Charles Mason — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 06:38:06 +0000

Can you use a 45 Graphic’s dark slide in a 45 Graflex? Will it fit and operate correctly. I have only on 45 Graflex for an old Graflex, and the handle on the dark slide is dplit/broken at one base. Thank you!

Comment on About Me by Dennis Leavell

Dennis Leavell — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:06:19 +0000

Hi there, I came across your site this morning while looking for some 6×14 ideas. How goes the DIY project to make a 6×14 camera?

Kind regards,
Dennis

Comment on The Different Types of Grafmatics by Paul

Paul — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 04:16:10 +0000

In reply to Ron. Yes, as you guessed, after it moves to "X" and locks up you should be ale to free it again by moving it to "1". When you do this the silver lever should move and so should the little pin on the side that locks the tray into the body between shots.

Comment on The Different Types of Grafmatics by Ron

Ron — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:00:23 +0000

Hi, thanks for this detailed description, best I’ve found. I do have a problem though and I’m wondering if you can help. I have the newer locking version with the two screws on the sides and the problem I’ve run into is when I get to “X” and it locks tight it’s totally stuck. No one ever talks about what you’re suppose to do then to get the exposed film out. I’m assuming you move the counter to a number and that will release the lever to pull out the tray and then slide back the dark slide to get at the septum’s but for me that’s not working. It’s totally jammed. The only remedy I’ve found is to remove the two screws on the one side opposite from the silver lever and then I can remove the tray to access the septum’s.
This is obviously a work around and something I’d like to avoid. There appears to be a small locking lever that sticks out the side that is preventing the drawer from opening. Do you think there might be a detached or broken spring that’s causing that lever to operate incorrectly? Or, am I just missing an important step?
Thanks in advance for any advice you may have to offer.

Comment on Repairing the Thornton Pickard Roller Blind Shutter by Ad Kooy

Ad Kooy — Tue, 18 May 2021 07:20:05 +0000

In reply to Felix.

Hello Paul,
indeed, without your guidance I wouldn`t be able to repair the shutter.

I used the above mentioned shortcut and cut directly a rectangular hole in asahi`s cloth. To do so, I fixed the cloth by paper-tape to a wooden plank. To draw the necessary lines on it, I covered the entire cloth with the paper-tape. Cutting was then very acurate and fast!

I measured the shutter times after setting the preload to match 1/45. Well, at 1/90 it was to slow (1/58) and at 1/15 to fast (1/27). Measurements were done with the photoplug from filmomat.eu. Possible reasons are either a higher weight to be pulled (I did not compare the original cloth weight with asahi`s cloth, but believe, the brass axes and the large cog dominate the weight, or more acurate the inertia) or the spring stiffness is to low.

Do you have any experience? Thanks again for the detailed instructions
Ad

Comment on About Me by Paul

Paul — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 06:12:32 +0000

Hi Gordon, eBay is your best bet although the sellers will probably be in China or the USA. Just search for “ground glass” in the cameras section. You will probably need to contact the seller directly to get a custom piece made as the ground glass is often a bit bigger than the film format size and the amount varies from camera to camera.

Comment on About Me by Gordon Crabtree

Gordon Crabtree — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:08:06 +0000

Hello Paul: I came across your site and wonder if you know where I can obtain a piece of ground glass for a Thornton Pickard Imperial circa 1910 wooden plate camera.

Regards, Gordon Crabtree Moffat Beach Qld