Belplasca - Please Help! Thanks!

[P3D Bill Davis <bd3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wrote:
>What is holding him back is the film counter knob. Apparently this is
>not attached in an obvious way and he has been unable to remove the
>knob and hence the top of the camera is still on top of the camera.

Alex wrote:
>one has to hold the metal axle on which the knob is screwed on. I used
>two very strong and thin metal blades (steel), which slide UNDER the
>knob. If one blade is put on one side and the other one on the other
>side, one can press them firmly together to get some grip on the axle.

Patrick wrote:
>Yeah, That's a bit tricky ! It's an ordinary screw. The problem is to 
>block the mechanism while you remove the knob. You first have to 
>remove the small button on the back of the camera which operates 
>either cocking or rewind (I can't take a look, I'm at the office) and 
>then insert in that hole a little screwdriver to stop the mechanism 
>from rotating while you remove the counterknob.


Thank you both very much for your rapid responses!  I passed this 
information to Bill Tribelhorn and he said he had tried Alex's method 
(unsuccessfully), but was heartened to hear of Patrick's method.  He 
called back in an hour or two to report success with this second 
method.  He still had not completed the job, but at least the cover was 
off.

This is what I find most valuable about this list; the enormous amount 
of knowledge and information so freely offered!  I also found this to 
be the case when I was restoring Bill Ewald's push-button stereo 
projector (now mine, as well as the green Kodaslide II and the stereo 
rangefinder - eat your hearts out!) He had some oddball lamps in it 
that turned out to be the same as those for the TDC Project-or-View, 
the bulb source for which had been mentioned in this list previously. A 
quick search of files turned the name up, and a quick call resulted in 
a timely shipment of bulbs.
  
Thanks again, Alex and Patrick.

Best regards,
Bill Davis, Webster, NY


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