Anniversary Graphic Repair

Fotoguy20d · Jul 2, 2010

I don't much care for working on Anniversary graphics but I find myself needing to separate the bellows from the front standard. Is there a trick I'm missing or are they glued together?

Thanks,
Dan

Fotoguy20d · Jul 2, 2010

Someone here must have worked on one of these at one time...

Barry S · Jul 2, 2010

Just sent you the Anni sevice manual--it details bellows removal.

Fotoguy20d · Jul 2, 2010

Barry,

Thanks. A very useful reference to have - the shutter info might come in handy on an RB Graflex I need to work on. I felt around inside the front standard and didn't feel the screws (which is why this thread started) but I'll need to look again more carefully (I'll need to pull out the shutter curtain - its frozen in closed position)

Thanks,
Dan

Ian Grant · Jul 2, 2010

The shutter's quite straight forward Dan, I cleaned, serviced and re-light proofed the one on my pre-Anniversary Speed Graphic 2 or 3 years ago. They are reasonably logical and I'd finished mine before finding a manual.

Ian

snay1345 · Jul 3, 2010

Barry would it be possible if I could get a copy of that as well. I just had my anny shipped to Japan where I am at from the states and the shutter is not working anymore. I don't know what happened to the thing but the shutter button at the lens got bent. I have no idea how this could have happened because my wife doesn't even know how to open the graphic up to get to it. I am beginning to wonder if somebody opened my box along the way.

Barry S · Jul 3, 2010

Weird, but it probably got banged up in shipment. Forwarded the manual to your email.

snay1345 said:
Barry would it be possible if I could get a copy of that as well. I just had my anny shipped to Japan where I am at from the states and the shutter is not working anymore. I don't know what happened to the thing but the shutter button at the lens got bent. I have no idea how this could have happened because my wife doesn't even know how to open the graphic up to get to it. I am beginning to wonder if somebody opened my box along the way.

geoferrell · Jul 3, 2010

Another question, are there instructions to calibrate a Kalart RF for a Speed Graphic?

Sirius Glass · Jul 3, 2010

geoferrell said:
Another question, are there instructions to calibrate a Kalart RF for a Speed Graphic?

For side mounted rangefinders [near the bottom]:

http://graflex.org/speed-graphic/features.html#KalartSide

Tell us how it works out for you.

Steve

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