Dust off......

[Curt]

I have a Kodak Dust machine with the ion thing at the end attached to a brush. The ion thing or tip with a wire inside doesn't spark or make any of the noises stated in the manual. I have the entire unit that looks like it was never used. I've had it for a couple of years or more and when I checked it out it was not working.

Is there a repair place that can look at it and fix it?


Now that I said that, I want to revisit the Zerostat. I used one many years ago and it worked well on small film rolls.

Anyone out there using a Zerostat on large format film, or any film?

Thanks,
Curt

 

[M.A.Longmore]

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I used the Zerostat, when I played records way back when.
I've been searching for it ever since I snapped out of The Digital Daze.
I realized how useful it would be for dealing with Large Format Film Holders.

Ron
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[Mike Wilde]

I still have my zerostat. I moved it to the darkroom about 1990, and still clean a record with it now and then.

I modified mine.
I put a rubber insulating sleeve (from the cover of an alligator clip) around the centre crystal chamber, so it does not arc over to the frame as readily.

I also replaced the wire from the crystal frame terminal to the wire spike in the tip with a piece of corona lead wire from an old TV set HV supply, so it would not arc to the frame at it leaves the trigger area.

It now clears dust far and wide, much better than the OEM version. The trick now is to remember to sqeeze and unsqueeze very slowly.


As to the dead ion generator, it sounds like the HV oscillator is not working. It could be anything gone wrong, but would put my money (after a blow fuse) on a dried out electrolytic capacitor or two on some control board inside.