Stripping Ikonta 532 to get to bellows

[scottyb70]

I can't figure out which rivets to drill out of my super ikonta 532. I stripped off the front leather and see the rivets for the eyelets that holds the camera strap and there is a rivet at the bottom left side and a small screw on the upper left. On the right there are 2 rivets that holds the eyelet for the camera strap and 2 rivet near the center. Do I drill these all out? I am looking at the camera with it facing me.

 

[FallisPhoto]

When you peeled off the leatherette, you should have seen two rivets that go to the front of the camera from each of the film chambers. They are usually made of brass. You may have to clean the crud off the front of the camera to see them.

 

[scottyb70]

Here is picture of what I did so far. The circles are where I found the rivits. How do I pull it apart when I drill out the rivets?

 

[FallisPhoto]

Here is picture of what I did so far. The circles are where I found the rivits. How do I pull it apart when I drill out the rivets?

Open the back of the camera. The part of the camera's back that was held in by the rivets should just wiggle loose (pretty much everything between the film chambers). If it doesn't, then you may have a camera that has a tripod socket that also needs to be removed -- in some cameras, the tripod socket passes through both the front and rear body halves. To get that out, if it is beveled and you can't get a grip on it, you can sometimes drill two small holes in the socket and turn it out with a lens wrench. In some, like the earlier Billy Record Agfas, that socket just plain can't be removed without badly damaging the camera, and so you have to pry the back half only partly loose and just work within the small amount of clearance you can get.

Edit: Sometimes you have to break the back half loose from dried paint too.