Luddite Frank
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I just picked-up a nice brass & wood Wollensak 4x5, with a brass Wollensak compound (?) (pneumatic) shutter.
The whole kit is in wonderful shape for its age, including a two-pocket leather fitted case, a riteway 4x5 holder, and a red-rubber hose and bulb.
When I tried the shutter, i noticed that only one leaf of the shutter moved; the other stayed closed.
I removed the shutter cover, cleaned the pistons and cylinders, then tried to determine why the one shutter leaf was immobile.
This is a two-leaf shutter, both leaves share a common pivot pin at the bottom, and a second hole next to the pivot-pin, that receives the operating pin from the lever above. This operating hole as torn-away on the lower, inoperative leaf.
I really can't see of a way to repair the original leaf, by applying a "dutchman" or similar patch, since the thickness would cause binding with the mechanism... so I think my best bet is making a new leaf.
Does anyone know where I might find black, opaque "Vulcanoid" sheet ?
The whole kit is in wonderful shape for its age, including a two-pocket leather fitted case, a riteway 4x5 holder, and a red-rubber hose and bulb.
When I tried the shutter, i noticed that only one leaf of the shutter moved; the other stayed closed.
I removed the shutter cover, cleaned the pistons and cylinders, then tried to determine why the one shutter leaf was immobile.
This is a two-leaf shutter, both leaves share a common pivot pin at the bottom, and a second hole next to the pivot-pin, that receives the operating pin from the lever above. This operating hole as torn-away on the lower, inoperative leaf.
I really can't see of a way to repair the original leaf, by applying a "dutchman" or similar patch, since the thickness would cause binding with the mechanism... so I think my best bet is making a new leaf.
Does anyone know where I might find black, opaque "Vulcanoid" sheet ?
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oftheherd
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I hope someone can come up with a source for any others of us who may have a need. I wonder if there is a plastic that might be of the right thickness and weight?