Re: Cirkut 10 in SF Bay Area?

[Steve Shapiro <sgshiya@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The design has NOT changed.

I don't really know where you're coming from (in your head) but you have one
of the most complete pieces of camera equipment and picture taking machnines
ever designed that hasn't been paralleled nor equalled in over a hundred
years.

There are very few people who 1) know much about these, and 2) know how to
deal with the repari and parts needed.

You are FORTUNATE that you connected on the internet and I SINCERELY welcome
you.  You are among a small, very small cadre of picture takers.

THE guy to deal with regarding what you want it Stanley Stern sstern@xxxxxxx

I, like you, triend watch makers, and others to solve my problems; but
finally discovered there are four, count 'em four guys who actually know
what's what and what's to do.

There are a couple more, but you'll find out it's a small, very very small
group of us; who find through Kodak having to order 100 rolls of ten inch [9
1/4"] color film can't get an order together, all the time.

You have a neighbor who shoot and develops alot.  They guy lives in
Berkeley; and Stern can direct you.

Stop going all around looking for a way to (literally in this case) reinvent
the wheel, will ya?  Contact Stanley and get out there and make pictures!

Steve Shapiro, Carmel, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: Timothy A.Weiant <weiant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 1999 5:50 PM
Subject: Cirkut 10 in SF Bay Area?


>
> Hello again!  I'm the guy with the Cirkut 10 and no ring gear, turntable,
> or tripod.  Have found a couple willing machinists, but really need to
> see and measure a Cirkut 10 ring gear and tripod.  I know that the design
> changed over the years, and in all the photos I've seen it looks like the
> camera attaches to a turntable atop the ring gear.  The turntable and
> camera turn as one, with the turntable having little wheels which roll
> along the top surface of the gear. My camera has three wheels on the
> bottom of the camera itself, and by measuring, I can see that the camera
> itself rolls along the ring gear.
>
> Here's the hitch:  I can't spec the inside dimensions for the machinist
> without seeing and sorting out the variations on the design.  I'd like to
> make a stack of gears to reduce costs, but don't want to ruin perfect
> gears with a botched middle.  Does anyone know of a Cirkut 10 ring gear in
> the San Francisco Bay Area?
>
> Ron:  In an earlier post you talked about cutting the gear teeth, then
> mounting the gear to the tripod casting, and then turning the inside
> dimension.
>
> Sorry about the multiple queries on this topic, but being a visual thinker
> and not being able to see what I'm trying to reconstruct is making me a
> bit nuts....
>
> Thanks to all, Tim Weiant
>
> weiant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>