matty
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Post by matty on May 24, 2013 16:21:30 GMT -5
Pride comes before a fall, found an Olympus Trip at the carboot a couple of weeks ago, good condition, working apart from sticking aperture blades and paid £10 for it and a Kodak Retinette 1b so was dead pleased. However when I started taking the Olympus apart to clean the aperture blade things started to go wrong. Sat there and removed the inner ring (arrowed in the photo),  Loosened the screws (following intructions on the web) but as I lifted the ring off one of the screws fell out, bounced off the edge of the table and disappeared into the carpet. I've spent most of the last few days on my hands and knees with a magnet trying to find the missing screw but with no luck. Does anyone know where I might be able to buy a replacement screw or do I need to look for a basket case Trip to get the part from? Thanks Matty |
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mickeyobe
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Post by mickeyobe on May 24, 2013 17:01:54 GMT -5
Pride comes before a fall, found an Olympus Trip at the carboot a couple of weeks ago, good condition, working apart from sticking aperture blades and paid £10 for it and a Kodak Retinette 1b so was dead pleased. However when I started taking the Olympus apart to clean the aperture blade things started to go wrong. Sat there and removed the inner ring (arrowed in the photo), Loosened the screws (following intructions on the web) but as I lifted the ring off one of the screws fell out, bounced off the edge of the table and disappeared into the carpet. I've spent most of the last few days on my hands and knees with a magnet trying to find the missing screw but with no luck. Does anyone know where I might be able to buy a replacement screw or do I need to look for a basket case Trip to get the part from? Thanks Matty Matty, Take your vacuum cleaner hose. Put a single layer of nylon stocking over it. Vacuum away. The screw should eventually show up clinging to the nylon over the hose opening. If the screw is brass or some kinds of stainless steel the magnet will not attract it but the hose will. Happy hunting. Mickey |
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lloydy
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Post by lloydy on May 24, 2013 17:17:03 GMT -5
Its probably with the bloody spring that shot out of the film door hinge of may Yaschica, the big black hole that eats tiny parts  Mickey's idea is a good one, a lot of the screws are stainless / brass and non magnetic. |
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Stephen
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Post by Stephen on May 24, 2013 17:50:03 GMT -5
It will be a standard small metric screw, 1.25mm, 1.5mm or 2mm fine pitch, which are used widely for spectacle repairs. Model Engineer suppliers, and watchmaking repairers have these tiny metric screws. There are other specialist suppliers including Ebay. If they are headless grubscrews then there is a specialist supplier in the States. If you have the other screw it can be measured easily.
Stephen.
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matty
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Post by matty on May 27, 2013 8:58:20 GMT -5
Thanks for the hints. Tried the vacuum idea, got a lot of dust but no screw, it might have bounced under the furniture so will try moving that over the next few days. Anyway, now Stephen has reminded me of the proper name, (grub screw, funny the things you forget) I have found a couple of places that sell replacements.
Thanks
Matty
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