Antique store discovery

[illuminati_02]

Noticed this luxon yesterday and had to rescue it..


Lens is fine, but shutter needs some work on the camera.

 

[vdonovan]

Thank god you were there to make the rescue!

 

[Rodchenko]

Excellent!

 

[farlymac]

Well, there's one I hadn't heard of.

PF

 

[Luddite Frank]

Please share some photos of it, and let us know what you think of its quality.

I have a longer R-K lens for my Super Paxette, either a 90mm or 135mm.

Luddite Frank

 

[illuminati_02]

Absolutely. The shutter is gummed up, so I will be following a tutorial on how to disassemble and clean for the first time. Maybe a 50% chance that it will survive. If not I will be searching for a suitable converter to play with it anyways.

 

[Luddite Frank]

Whatever you do, do NOT remove the rewind knob !!!

Apparently there's a coiled rewind spring underneath that is nearly impossible to reassemble !

 

[D.O'K.]

Yes I can confirm that, having once wrecked one accordingly...

Regards,
D.

 

[Rodchenko]

I've had one come apart, and bought a knackered one to find out how it went together. Through a series of iterations, I have managed to get close to having it properly reassembled, but there are a couple of challenges I haven't overcome yet.

The winding spring is a beast, but the pawl is the hardest bit.

Paxettes are beautiful, though. And take a decent photo.

 

[Grytpype]

Whatever you do, do NOT remove the rewind knob !!!

You can take off the wind knob/lever in one piece without it coming apart. It has to come off if you need to take off the top casting.

From my notes:

Remove back and take out 3 screws from base-plate (end cap on sprocket-spindle axle will push part way out). Remove take-up spool and replace base-plate to keep sprocket spindle parts in place.

From below the wind/cocking lever remove screw, shim, spring, bush, and the wind dog.

Do NOT take out screw in top of wind lever unless this assembly needs lubricating or repair. It is very hard to re-assemble.

With a thin wire hook, catch the tab visible to the left of the wind lever, engaged in a slot in the RF housing, pull it forwards, and lift off the wind lever assembly intact. The wind gear and a washer below it will fall off below.


There is a snail-shaped section in the underside of the lever, that pulls a rod extending from the RF housing to cock the shutter. You have to make sure you engage this correctly on reassembly.

Hope this helps!

Steve.

 

[Luddite Frank]

"Do NOT take out screw in top of wind lever unless this assembly needs lubricating or repair. It is very hard to re-assemble."

This is the big caution... 😉

 

[Grytpype]

I think I've taken out the wind-lever screw twice. The second time I should have known better!

For anyone still struggling, here's a picture of how the parts are assembled in the upper part of the lever:

 

[Rodchenko]

I can assemble it, but it's mounting it without the ratchet moving off the pawl that eludes me.

Thanks for the photo, though.

 

[Luddite Frank]

Braun must have had some sort of pilot-tool for assemlbing this at the factory...

Something that was placed through the top of the winder knob assembly, lining-up the ratchet gear with the hole, the pilot then was placed in the screw-hole of the winding shaft, then the whole knob assembly slipped-down the pilot and onto the winding shaft...

Does this sound plausible ?

 

[Grytpype]

Braun must have had some sort of pilot-tool for assemlbing this at the factory...

Completely plausible. I think all you would need is a round pin to fit through the square hole in the ratchet-wheel without too much clearance.

 

[johnf04]

I've just reassembled one, following the instructions in the "Classic Camera Repair Forum", archived here. I used the round top of the shaft of the bottom part of the winder, removed from the camera, to catch the ratchet - I tipped the bottom part to the side. I was then able to slide the ratchet wheel to the side, and push the parts together.
I ended up doing it twice - the first time the plate that engages the main spring was in the wrong position.