[Konvas] waow !!! Kinor 35H lubrication guide?

[Peter Haas]

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Quoting the very GOOD Kinor 35C/H guide:

"I am using a 3-in-1 oil here, but sewing machine oil has also been  
recommended. You will likely want to dispense the oil from a syringe  
to allow for very precise application. I am using a glue syringe."

Be advised that railroad model shops have quite a number of nice  
lubricants available.

LaBelle is one brand I have used, and it comes in hypo-type  
dispensers, and in several weights.

LaBelle also makes greases.

I believe the lubes are synthetic.

They appear to be plastic-safe and paint-safe.


3-in-1 is not very good oil.

Mitchell camera oil, Bell & Howell projector oil, or a thin "turbine"  
oil is much better.

Or, the LaBelle products.


I do most of my work at a conventional type workbench, but I think a  
watchmaker's type workbench is better for camera work. Lots of little  
drawers for lots of little tools.

Russian camera fasteners drive me nuts (no pun intended).

I have thought of a method of making custom drivers of any width and  
any thickness from drill rod, using a "tool and cutter" grinder. The  
driver may then be hardened in oil or whatever the rod was intended  
to be hardened in. Oil, water and air hardening is generally available.


I have a Kinor 35PII disassembled at present, mainly to try and  
understand the mechanism. It shares the flexible timing belt concept  
of the Kinor 35C/H, but the mechanism appears to be all ball bearing.

The mags are a bitch, and I have only 200' mags, none of which are in  
good condition. At least one will have to have a new drive gear made  
for it.

The 35PII is interesting in that it has an Aaton-like numbering  
system, but it prints the numbers within the sound track area, not  
within the perf area.

The aperture is Academy, but enlarging it to 'Scope seems feasible.

These days, I would probably shoot 'Scope within Academy and do the  
squeeze in post, anyway.