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Hi,
For those who have used or own an Ebony, but have found a little play in the standards, there may be a solution.
I noticed after getting my RSW45 about 2 years ago, that after a few months, there was a touch of play in the front standard at longish extentions. I took this to be that it is not as perfectly rigid as cracked up to be. I tried the little screws that hold down the metal plates covering the running parts of the standards (you know the bits with the tracks on their bottom) and they felt fine...however a call to the dealer suggested that they can be tightened even if they felt fairly tight. I guess a bit of use had caused things to bed in, creating this tiny bit of play. Further tightening the screws a tiny bit has completely taken out play and the camera is 100% rigid all the way out. The amount of tightening was perhaps 1/16 rotation at most, of the odd screw, but certainly not all. It goes without saying that care should be taken not to strip anything, but the screw did not feel slack in he first place - as i say, it only takes one screw to need tightening.....) A minute bit too much tho and the rails move less freely. the tolerances are incredibly small. I think that the screws being very tight in their holes fooled me into thiking that they were exerting sufficient pressure - again tight tolerance with tough old ebony wood! I guess if you went somwhere humid or dry, there could be further adjustment required, however, i have only had to do this once after bedding in.
Tom
For those who have used or own an Ebony, but have found a little play in the standards, there may be a solution.
I noticed after getting my RSW45 about 2 years ago, that after a few months, there was a touch of play in the front standard at longish extentions. I took this to be that it is not as perfectly rigid as cracked up to be. I tried the little screws that hold down the metal plates covering the running parts of the standards (you know the bits with the tracks on their bottom) and they felt fine...however a call to the dealer suggested that they can be tightened even if they felt fairly tight. I guess a bit of use had caused things to bed in, creating this tiny bit of play. Further tightening the screws a tiny bit has completely taken out play and the camera is 100% rigid all the way out. The amount of tightening was perhaps 1/16 rotation at most, of the odd screw, but certainly not all. It goes without saying that care should be taken not to strip anything, but the screw did not feel slack in he first place - as i say, it only takes one screw to need tightening.....) A minute bit too much tho and the rails move less freely. the tolerances are incredibly small. I think that the screws being very tight in their holes fooled me into thiking that they were exerting sufficient pressure - again tight tolerance with tough old ebony wood! I guess if you went somwhere humid or dry, there could be further adjustment required, however, i have only had to do this once after bedding in.
Tom
