[Konvas] Ebayer advice please

[t byrne]

I have a dim recollection of a word we used to use to describe just 
this.  It's been so long since I had a reason to use it.....was it 
"craftsmanship"?

H. W. Stone wrote:

> 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.
>
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> -----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 
> <mailto:Speedbirdmgh at aol.com> wrote: 
>  
> > 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. 
>  
> Gates are always made to a specification, and then hand-fitted to the 
> specific camera movement. 
>  
> Once so fitted, the gate is only for that movement. 
>  
> There are more than a few movement parts which are "serialized" to 
> that one movement. Actuating cams, registration pins, registration pin 
> housings, etcetera. 
>  
> 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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