[Konvas] Ebayer advice please

[H. W. Stone]

 And as I remember it, Arri boasted that every part was hand fitted, not some off the shelf thing stuck in there.

Every part.

I strongly suspect that every "pro" 35mm camera maker has about the same standards, takes the same care.? That's why you can pick up an eighty year old camera, do a CLA, and it just purrs along--? and that the guys making Kinors or putting together a Konvas was not under any greater presssure than the Mitchell maker, the artifactor of Arri, or the Eclair enabler.





 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Haas <peterhaas at cruzio.com>
To: Konvas Discussion List <cinema at konvas.org>
Sent: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 5:18 pm
Subject: Re: [Konvas] Ebayer advice please










On Feb 19, 2009, at 1:22 PM, Speedbirdmgh at aol.com wrote:?
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> Take a gate for example, it is machined from one solid lump to pre-> determined specs and when finished is inserted into a "dummy" > camera body and if it fits is passed as ok. If it does'nt fit it is > not scrapped but hand finished until it fits which means it is a > "one off" and will not fit anything else.?
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Gates are always made to a specification, and then hand-fitted to the specific camera movement.?
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Once so fitted, the gate is only for that movement.?
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There are more than a few movement parts which are "serialized" to that one movement. Actuating cams, registration pins, registration pin housings, etcetera.?
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Fortunately, competent technicians can make after-market adjustments, but the must, essentially, duplicate the factory's process when making such adjustments.?
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