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Murray@uptowngallery.org · Joined: 03 Apr 2002 Posts: 164 Location: Holland MI

Experience...that's when I finally realize what I am able and not able to accomplish.

I opened a Kodak/Schneider Retina lens once to look for a sticky 'dynamic' DOF arrow problem. I realized I needed a third or fourth hand to get it back together, put everything in ziplock baggies, forgot a few things, panicked & opened the second lens to refresh my memory...then there were two bags of parts. I did not open the 3rd lens.

Now I have some cool high quality junk found optics to experiment with, like a coated achromat or possibly cemented triplet (it's so fat and has multiple edges), about 50mm diameter & 250 mm f.l. Why, that's perfect to experiment on a Speed Graphic with!

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Les · Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 2682 Location: Detroit, MI

Somebody once said, "Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment"

troublemaker · Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 715 Location: So Cal

...and doing the same things expecting different results has been defined as insanity by many people...and proven by more.
happy holidays

mrclickit · Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Florida

One way to keep parts from going astray is to get a piece of tightly woven indoor/outdoor carpeting or felt and do the assembly and disassemly on it. It helps keep dropped parts from bouncing away. Another idea is to build a felt lined tray with slightly raised edgesto work on. You cand glue felt on to an old cafeteria tray.

troublemaker · Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 715 Location: So Cal

I use a large white t-shirt type cloth, or an actual t-shirt rag depending on whether cleaning an old dirty mess of a job or working on a minty shutter. I don't like fiddle edges because I lean my elbows down a lot to steady my tolls and fingers etc...
Parts stay put and wehn dropped pretty much stay where they land, but the ones that can fly are a problem. What do you think, Mosquito netting???