Rolleiflex cheese head screws

[wharris]

does any one know where I can get the 4 screws that hold the front face on a rolleiflex 2.8F. even the size or type would help
thank you in advance

[dpurdy]

I hate to peal back my leather and look, though I have done it before. I can't remember what they looked like. You might write to Harry Fleenor in California at harry@rolleirepairs.com and ask him.
or Krimar in New Jersey at krimarphoto@aol.com

Dennis

OK I did peal back the upper corner and found a stainless steel flat top single slot screw head. It was reluctant to come out so I didn't try too hard, don't want to strip the slot.

[wharris]

thanks for the effort... =) i have the screws here all 4 the problem is im getting new leather from leathercamera.com and dont want to applie it with the worn out scews in place =) first real camera restore.... the worst part is that even the repair manual doesnt say the size all i know is that it says cheese head screw

[Mustafa Umut Sarac]

wharris ,

There are thousands of different screws at market and listen the advise and contact with the repairman.
Kirimar is bit slow , I suspect he is old. Wait a week and obtain real screws from them. Serial number would help , dont forget to add it. Dont ruin the camera.

[wharris]

yea thats what im thinking of doing ive contacted a few of the repair guys listed on this site and trying to get a qoute on a repair.... the camera works great as far as taking photos, but it would be nice to have a fully operational rolleiflex =) the only problem is that i suck at waiting haha... being deployed its my only way of relaxing out here =) i added my flickr link so some of the photos that ive done on the rolleiflex, i had a light leak due to the previous owner drilling small holes on the side for a flash mount but did a temp fix with some black wood putty =)

Will Harris
http://www.flickr.com/willharris

[Nick Merritt]

Krimar will turn the camera around quickly -- I've used him several times and he's done the work within a week every time. So hopefully that's not too slow for you!

[BrianShaw]

Kirimar is bit slow , I suspect he is old.

Beware. I said something less personal than that about our senior repairmen on a photo forum and was accused of age discrimination, ageism, and not being kind to elders.

[E. von Hoegh]

Beware. I said something less personal than that about our senior repairmen on a photo forum and was accused of age discrimination, ageism, and not being kind to elders.

Does that mean calling someone a "miserable old bastard" is no longer acceptable?

[BrianShaw]

No, that is still a compliment. You should know that by now. I've been hearing htat for a few years now and suspect, since you are 109 years older than me, that so have you.

[Diapositivo]

I suspect metric screws did not change in time, the Germans must have followed the DIN standards which dictates the screw measures (actually IIRC the DIN #1 was about screws and bolts).
A cheese head screw is a screw of this kind:
http://myword.info/definition.php?id=ch_head_1-a

Once you know the diameter and the height of the "hole" there should be only a few, possibly only 1 DIN screw to fit it, I suspect.

I wouldn't be surprised if those DIN measures became now ISO measures. Those screws might easily be in production nowadays. (a repairer would probably cannibalise them in any case).