P3D Re: Need help with camera and viewer

["Dr. George A. Themelis" <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mr.Lizard,

In an earlier message you sounded like you did not have time
to breath, not to mention shooting 3d and cleaning viewers! :-)

>Nearly every internal contact has a great deal of rusty corrosion.  
>These contacts are riveted to the housing, so can not (presumably) 
>be removed.  Question #1.  What is the best way to attempt to clean 
>off this corrosion so I can test the viewer with my Realist slides?

Some people have suggested baking soda.  I would just just scape
the junk out.  The contacts are not coated and are a mess any
way.  Use fine sandpaper to polish them at the end.  Don't forget
to clean the switch contact.  That's a very common cause of 
light flickering.  One contact is at the top in the form of a
cone.  Run the sandpaper around it.  The other one is at the
bottom, two clips accepting the cone.  Clean these using
straight strokes back and forth with the sandaper.

Good luck!

George Themelis


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