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[Sjixxxy]

The screw that holds the body shutter release onto the camera on my Anniversary speed graphic just broke off leaving it cocked in the B shutter. The screw actually broke, so there is a piece of it still stuck in the thread.

What now? How can I at least get it back to the O curtain somehow so that I can use the leaf shutter?

How hard would it be to repair the release? I've never took apart of tinkered with the focal plane shutter, is it something like the leaf shutter where if I just start going to town on it, I'd most likely disable it permanently? If I can get the piece of screw out, would it be using come old outdated thread that I won't be able to find a replacement for?

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K. Praslowicz Photo | Watershed - Photos from the Lake Superior basin

[Sjixxxy]

Ooh. Lucky day. A trigger ******* on eBay.

I hope this doesn't become a war.

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K. Praslowicz Photo | Watershed - Photos from the Lake Superior basin

[glennfromwy]

Be aware that there is a little nut like affair on the under side of the screw. You have to remove the plate from the camera to get at it. If you can find a way to hold the shutter curtain rollers in the exact position they are in when you remove the mechanism, you can put it right back on without anything changing. That is, provided everything, curtain, tension and release mechanism is in the exact same position it was before removal. Be aware that the little nut on the back side of the release lever screw determines how tight (stiff) the lever operation is. It must not be too tight and must be able to return freely when tripped. Clean and lightly lube everything while you're in there.

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Glenn

"Wyoming - Where everybody is somebody else's weirdo"

[Sjixxxy]

Well, I got the replacement trigger mechanism on the way to my house. I should just be able to just set that one to the same letter as the broken one and go a quick swap while someone holds the shutter in place? It doesn't take much pressure to keep it put if I pull of the lens board and just presss it against the ground glass.

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K. Praslowicz Photo | Watershed - Photos from the Lake Superior basin

[glennfromwy]

That should do it. As long as everything stays exactly as it was, you should have an easy time of it. Good luck.

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Glenn

"Wyoming - Where everybody is somebody else's weirdo"

[Sjixxxy]

The replacement trigger came, and I got it on succesfull. Though the first time trying to swap it in the same settings failed. Must not have aligned the teeth up in the same sprockets since it was ending with the shutter slit in the middle. Though I was able to release all the tension and eventually after a few tries got it back on in the proper position where it would lock with the shutter slits in the appropriate positions.

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K. Praslowicz Photo | Watershed - Photos from the Lake Superior basin