Ground Glass Repair

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The Certo Super Sport Dolly (what a name!) has the passibility to switch the back flap against a single sheet device and a ground glass.

The ground glass unit comes as a kit with 3 sheet film holders in a little box. The glass can easily break if you make a mistake when folding the hood, the space is very tight. So my camera came without ground glass. The ground glass is very thin, you may fit 1.5mm if you pay attention to the slit being well redressed. A ground glass of a bit less than 1.5mm would be better. The size is 49 x 64mm on my camera.

It was difficult to find someone to make it, but finally, here on apug.org, I found Ian Grant, who has a small stock of old ground glass. He was so kind to make a new one for me, slightly thinner than 1.5mm, so it slid into its place easily.

Some pictures:

The single sheet kit.

Back flap deposed.

The holder with its new ground glass. Nothing to unscrew, you only have to slide the little lever to open the frame. You can see the tight space: the hood and the magnifying glass are squeezed against the glass.

Frame open.

The new ground glass in action. Thank you, Ian Grant.

If you are interested in more details abaout this camera, have a look at my folder website http://www.120folder.com/certo_ssd.htm

 

[Ian Grant]

Good to see the camera with its new screen. It's often difficult to make/fit screens for cameras like this as glass thinner than 2mm is no longer readily available execpt from specialist sources. I have a few small pieces approx 1.5mm and 1.2mm but thicker is better if it'll fit as it's more robust.

Ian