Oh wow! IT SNAPPED!!!!!!! :)

[dmr]

I can hardly believe it!!!!! 🙂 {jumping up and down!}

For those not following the story, I've got a stuck shutter QL17 GIII.

I got the thing out, opened up the iris all the way, probed a bit at the shutter blades with a dental explorer just to see if I could get any movement out of them. Not really, but they did flex a bit.

Ok, so I take a Q-tip and put some Ronsonol on it, and just kinda gently start swabbing the blades, pushing ever so slightly trying to get some of the Ronsonol to seep under, then all of a sudden I thought I saw some slight movement.

Not really, or so I thought ...

So I get just a bit more Ronsonol on the Q-tip, start to swab the shutter blades again and all of a sudden ...

>>CLICK<<

It actually startled me! 😱

I was not expecting that at all! I guess the shutter was always cocked since I got it, released and trying to fire, but couldn't because it was stuck.

It looked like a clean open and close.

What I'm planning now is putting the top and the bottom covers back on, since hopefully I won't have to tear the whole thing apart. {knocking on wood} 🙂

Anyway, I'm really excited here. That was very encouraging.

Thanks again everybody for all the help! 🙂

 

[Russ]

You hear that guys? Now we know where to send our sick rigs! Congratulations! That calls for some focusing fluid. Well done.

Russ

 

[dmr]

You hear that guys? Now we know where to send our sick rigs!

Uh ... yeah, right! 🙂

Congratulations!

Thanks. It's not a done deal yet.

What I'm doing now reminds me of a session way back in high school biology lab.

This was back when you dissected frogs (among other semi-unpleasant tasks) and we had just finished a long lab period of carefully laying out all of the insides on a tar tray and labeling them with white tags on stick-pins. The instructor asked the class ...

"Ok, everybody has everything tagged, right?"

"Because tomorrow you have to put them back together."

Of course he was kidding, but that feels like what I'm doing now! 🙂

I just got the 3 rings back on, waiting a few minutes for the nail polish on the screws to dry. The shutter seems to work fine on all speeds.

I'm kinda tempted to try a roll now, but first I think I'll write to Mr. Goodman and get a light seal kit. They LOOK like they probably still seal, but I want to be sure.

That calls for some focusing fluid.

Oh, you mean the fluid we focus on after work on Friday. 🙂 🙂

Well done.

Thanks! {blush} 😱

 

[DougK]

Yep, this definitely calls for the application of focusing fluid. No successful repair is complete without it 🙂

 

[Pherdinand]

🙂 congrats. You've just rescued for yourself a great little camera.

 

[rover]

See, I could never do that. I don't have nail polish.

Good job, I may have never attempted it myself.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Congratulations. The "snap" of the shutter on the first Canonet that I "unstuck" with Ronsonol surprised me too. I have two now that I got test rolls back from, one done in the Summer that is going strong. Be sure to let the ronsonol air out. from the shutter.

What screws did you use the nail polish on?

 

[Pherdinand]

i guess she means the 3 tiny screws below the central lens element. They were "nailpolished" in my canonet too, but i did not glue them back after the repair.

 

[dmr]

Congratulations.

Thanks 🙂

The "snap" of the shutter on the first Canonet that I "unstuck" with Ronsonol surprised me too.

It startled me 'cuz I wasn't expecting it. I didn't expect it to come alive right in my hands. 🙂

Be sure to let the ronsonol air out. from the shutter.

Yes, actually I didn't put it all the way together last night. I want to get some black nail polish or better, flat black paint so I can cover the brass holes in the lens assembly. I don't think we want brass-colored reflections bouncing all around in there. 🙂

What screws did you use the nail polish on?

Those 3 that hold the shutter speed ring and the ASA/ISO dial and stuff. They had a bit of lacquer on them so I sealed them back. I also put a bit on the 2 screws holding the photo sensor. I figure those are the ones you can't get to easily.

Nail polish should be in everybody's fix-it kit. It's cheap and it comes in handy for all kinds of things.

The darkest I have is a medium dark red, and I thought of using that to cover the holes in the center lens, but I figure I might as well do it right, so I'll either pick up some black polish (yeah, they make it) or else go down to the hobby shop for some flat black, which is probably better to use.

Anyway, the shutter seems to work fine now. It's really encouraging. 🙂

 

[dmr]

🙂 congrats. You've just rescued for yourself a great little camera.

Thanks. I'm now getting excited about trying it out as soon as I get it all put together. If I can find some 12 frame rolls (I don't know if they still make that or not) I'll probably shoot a few of them and get them done at the 1-hour lab at Wally World just to get a feel for the thing. 🙂