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KPrice
Joined: 30 Aug 2002
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Location: Texas
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| How difficult and expensive would it be to have the latch replaced on a Crown Graphic 4X5. The guy I bought it from says he forgot to mention that there was no latch for the door but it should'nt matter. Besides being difficult to carry, ability to damage the camera can someone give me an idea about the replacement and repair and where and who could fix it. I may send back to the seller. I think he should have mentioned this detail. |
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bertsaunders
Joined: 20 May 2001
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Location: Bakersfield California
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| Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2002 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| You might contact Fred Lustig, he may have this part---No idea of cost,....is your Crown a Pacemaker, or an earlier model? Usually purchase parts cameras for this type part, but even the parts cameras are getting expensive! Bert |
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45PSS
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Location: Mid Peninsula, Ca.
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The "Bed Latch" as it is refered to in the IPB should be easy to fabricate from sample or tech drawing. Is the chrome strip on the front lip of the bed there? How many other things are missing?
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KPrice
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| Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2002 7:40 am Post subject: |
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On 2002-09-01 22:43, 45PSS wrote:
The "Bed Latch" as it is refered to in the IPB should be easy to fabricate from sample or tech drawing. Is the chrome strip on the front lip of the bed there? How many other things are missing?
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If I can go by the lens number ES 7982 this is a 1947 Pacemaker Crown Graphic. The chrome strip is still on the front lip of the bed. The latch is gone and it looks like a brace (not the bed brace) but one of the horizontal ones is gone on the opposite side of the side rangefinder. I don't know enough to be sure what else may be wrong. Where could I contact Fred about repair?
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45PSS
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Fred's address/phone number is listed in the "related sites" section on the "home" page of this site.
If you have Adobe reader installed on your machine, then click on this link, let it load, and scroll thru the IPB section and determine what is missing and weather its worth the trouble.
http://graflex.org/manuals/45-Pacemaker-Speed-and-Crown-Graphic.pdf
This ending soon auction might have the parts you need. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1376551925.
If the bed is solid and does not shift but stays square and parallel to the body then put a small piece of velcro on the top of the camera and on the bed in closed position in line with it and use a small piece of the other half of the velcro system to hold it closed. Simple, inexpensive, easy to obtain, and allows use of the camera until one decides weather to invest more money into it or not.
Charles
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