From: David Hosten (dhosten@sympatico.ca)
Date: 08/29/02-09:01:33 PM Z
John Cremati wrote:
> You not only have to lube the camera you have to clean it... I have taken
>them apart and cleaned them and lubed them and put them back together and
>found them still sticking... I did this about 10 times and it finally moves
>freely... I had used a light silicone and it actually made it worse making
>what lubricant that was on there very sticky Carburetor cleaner even made
>thing worse as well... ........ BE AWARE OF EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!...Springs
>can go flying, cams will fall out as they are not locked in...... ect .
>Everything is precision and once you screw it up you might just as well
>throw it away if you can not figure out how to put it back.... If you are
>not extremely handy with things like that, I would not advise it..., Just
>spend the money and pay someone who knows what they are looking at...... A
>new one is over $2500 I believe... They are nice cameras...
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Bell" <veracity000@earthlink.net>
>
>
>
>>i know this is off topic, but i can relate it to alt processes, as i want
>>to use this camera to make negatives to use in alt processes. so there,
>>
>>
>now
>
>
>>it's on topic.
>>
>>a friend of mine was given a Rolleiflex TLR by her grandfather, and she
>>took it to her photo teacher, as neither of us know how to use it. he said
>>that it needs the shutter lubed. he also said it would possibly cost up to
>>$100. so i ask you, is there any way that i can lube the shutter? is it
>>hard to do? is it best left to people who know what they're doing?
>>
>>thanks in advance,
>>
>>Steve
>>
Harry and Marflex are typically rated the best, although they are the
slowest and most costly to use for repair. Ross Yerkes charges half
what Marflex does and is well regarded. For a Rollei that has to be
fixed exactly as the factory would do it, and where time and money are
no object, then Harry Fleenor is the 1st choice.
* *Harry Fleenor, Oceanside Camera Repair*
909 Aviation Blvd. # 4
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, Tel. 310-374-6505
harry@rolleirepairs.com <mailto:harry@rolleirepairs.com>
www.rolleirepairs.com <http://www.rolleirepairs.com>
* Ross Yerkes Camera Repair, 342 Kirby Street, LA, CA 90042. Phone:
323-256-1018
* *Marflex
*16 Chapin Rd.
Pine Brook, NJ 07058
Tel. 973-808-9626
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