What did you fix today?

[Adams]

Replaced the intake manifold gaskets on my 93 Chevy Silverado while dreaming about building a walk-in pinhole camera in the bed... (the entire bed of my truck.)

[Zuikopath]

I sorted out an old Olympus Trip with a loose aperture ring today - I took the opportunity to give the glass a gentle clean too and shot off a roll of 400ASA. I'm looking forward to the results

[Blacknoise]

bump....
and last night, I completed my first "Fix" on a camera! It was small but i still accomplished it.
I opened up the Compur-Rapid shutter of my Kodak Retina II to relube it and clean it. It was another one of those "take apart, shrug and think 'Huh!', and put it back together" type of projects. A lesson was to be had though! Don't start camera projects at 11:00 pm. My mind don't think too well then. When putting it back together, it took me about 1/2 hour to realize i had the shutter spring hook on sideways. oh well.

Well done!

You did well, my first Konica Standard is no longer with us thanks to my 'repair' attempt. I learned on the second one to no dismantle the shutter too much and just drop some lighter fluid in there to loosen it up...

[benjiboy]

I replaced the worn rubber nodules with some cut up rubber "O" rings on bayonet fitting of a couple of Canon FD lens hoods because they had perished with age and kept dropping off my lensed, I didn't want to loose them because they are quite rare now and difficult to find these days.

[hidesert]

I have an old Nikon S RF that I was given many years ago and never really used. The focusing was very stiff, especially using the little wheel on top of the body. I went to Amazon to look for books on fixing old Nikons. I found one and lo and behold, the "Look Inside" feature went right to the page for this model and told how to remove the focusing mechanism. It was simple: 6 screws to remove the cover plate and then 4 more to remove the mechanism. I cleaned everything and put a drop of sewing machine oil on the little focusing wheel and a bit of Super Lube on the barrel and threads of the focusing unit. Works a lot smoother now.

[mike c]

Replaced the front and rear guide rails and yoke assembly on my 4x5 speed graphic. A little touchy removing the bellows,but got'er done. now taker her out on a test shut and see if it's ok.

[videocrew]

Installed new foam seals in my Nikon EM, took it to my school's annual auction as part of my costume, shot a roll of Portra 400VC (wish I'd had 800). I'll develop it tomorrow and see how I did w/r/t sealing it up.

[John Hermanson]

Installed a new circuit board in an Olympus OM-4Ti. John

[hairygit]

ismantled and cleaned the viewing and taking lenses on my voigtlander brilliant, put it back together, shot a roll of film, just finished developing it, well chuffed with the results!!! First tme I've ever dared venture inside a camera!

[Ron G]

I disassembled my Voigtlander Bessamatic to repair the timer mechanism and put it all back together.I am too tired to shoot any film today but it seems to be working just fine now.I can't wait to check it out so that I can put the leather back on it.Ron G