120 Folder CLA-- Who?

[Joe Vitessa]

Any recommendations out there for someone who does CLAs on 120 folders? (Besides Jurgen who isn't taking any new work at the moment.) Looks like the pokey shutter just needs some cleaning--and I'd rather not pay much for the work.

Alternatively, is there a website that could explain how to do it myself? I can't seem to find anything. The camera in question is a Dacora Royal. Thanks for any help!

Joe

 

[FallisPhoto]

Alternatively, is there a website that could explain how to do it myself? I can't seem to find anything. The camera in question is a Dacora Royal. Thanks for any help!

Joe

What is important to know is what kind of shutter it is, not what brand of camera it is on. Is it a Pronto, a Prontor S, or a Prontor SVS? A Prontor S is a Prontor S, whether it is on a Zeiss Nettar (and labled Klio), an Agfa Isolette, or a Dacora Royal. There are a number of shutter CLA/repair tutorials and websites here: http://pheugo.com/cameras/index.php If you can't find your shutter there, let me know what kind it is. I've got lots of links to repair websites.

 

[chippy]

What is important to know is what kind of shutter it is, not what brand of camera it is on. .

Charles he says what shutter it is!

it is a 'Pokey' shutter!!!😀 they are bloody good shutters too, a bit better than the 'dicky' shutter and much better than the 'stuffed' shutter!

sorry Joe but ya walked right into that one hehehe

 

[David Goldfarb]

If you decide to send it out, Frank Marshman (CameraWiz) does good work at a reasonable price-- 1-800-471-8133

 

[FallisPhoto]

Charles he says what shutter it is!

it is a 'Pokey' shutter!!!😀 they are bloody good shutters too, a bit better than the 'dicky' shutter and much better than the 'stuffed' shutter!

sorry Joe but ya walked right into that one hehehe

If you poke a pokey shutter enough, doesn't it become a stuffed shutter?

 

[Joe Vitessa]

Yes, Chippy, those Pokey shutters are just a step above those Gumby shutters!

It's actually a Prontor SVS and I have the thing separated from the body, but I can't get the darn middle element to unscrew. I don't have a spanner wrench and the pair of pliers I tried didn't do the trick. (Yes, I was VERY careful.) It looks like this element has to come out for me to get to the shutter mechanism itself.

Yes, Frank at CameraWiz is a good suggestion. Would love to try to finish the job myself at this point though!

Joe

 

[FallisPhoto]

Yes, Chippy, those Pokey shutters are just a step above those Gumby shutters!

It's actually a Prontor SVS and I have the thing separated from the body, but I can't get the darn middle element to unscrew. I don't have a spanner wrench and the pair of pliers I tried didn't do the trick. (Yes, I was VERY careful.) It looks like this element has to come out for me to get to the shutter mechanism itself.

Yes, Frank at CameraWiz is a good suggestion. Would love to try to finish the job myself at this point though!

Joe

Try this: http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Spanner-Wre...VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247

 

[chippy]

LOLOL i forgot all about that show,,, that cracks me up Joe!! hehe there are so many of those characters it could go on forever!

a dont know how much use it is but this shutter repair manual may help as well $10 w/free delivery apparently
http://cgi.ebay.com/PRONTOR--Shutte...813421QQcmdZViewItem?IMSfp=TL0804040837a16559

GUMBY....so skilled a shutter technician they named a shutter after him!

send it to him Joe!

 

[FallisPhoto]

a dont know how much use it is but this shutter repair manual may help as well $10 w/free delivery apparently
http://cgi.ebay.com/PRONTOR--Shutte...813421QQcmdZViewItem?IMSfp=TL0804040837a16559

Here's pretty much all you need to know (about the SVS) for free: http://pheugo.com/cameras/index.php?page=prontor&WEBMGR=aa1950ca5b37a1fae347387cb33eb8ca

 

[FallisPhoto]

GUMBY....so skilled shutter technician they named a shutter after him!
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Yep. Ed Romney, Mark Hama, Chris Sherlock, Winfried, Tom Tomosy, Michael McBroom, and -- greatest of them all -- Gumby.

 

[chippy]

Yep. Ed Romney, Mark Hama, Chris Sherlock, Winfried, Tom Tomosy, Michael McBroom, and -- greatest of them all -- Gumby.

hahaha LOL...ya just gota laugh don't ya..ah this just cracks me up!

hehe he's fixed so many he has the about the same colour gummy grease all over him as well 😀

 

[FallisPhoto]

hahaha LOL...ya just gota laugh don't ya..ah this just cracks me up!

hehe he's fixed so many he has the about the same colour gummy grease all over him as well 😀

You know, I hadn't thought about that. Apparently he speciallizes in Agfas and Anscos.

 

[Joe Vitessa]

Thanks for your help, everyone--especially Gumby. (Though he is all thumbs or, er, whatever.)
I got the thing working without removing the middle element. Amazing what a little well-placed naptha (for the shutter mechanism) and vodka (for the oily shutter leaves) will do for a pokey shutter.

Joe