Kino
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Well, I went and did it. I stripped the cocking rack of my Kodak IIc rangefinder after taking out the shutter and cleaning it. I pre-loaded the cocking rack a bit too much and, zing, it stripped.
This got me to thinking, staring at this tiny bit of metal that will probably cost as much as the camera itself cost to purchase used, just how hard would it be to hire a small parts jobber to whip up 50 or so of these racks?
This lead to the question of if Kodak would be "interested" in someone producing reproduction replacement parts for a camera they haven't manufactured in decades.
It also led me to wonder if anyone bought the rights to reproduce these parts from Kodak and would get excited?
I know Micro Tools (Europe) sells these racks for 24,99 Euro; wonder what their arrangement is with Kodak, or if there is one?
This got me to thinking, staring at this tiny bit of metal that will probably cost as much as the camera itself cost to purchase used, just how hard would it be to hire a small parts jobber to whip up 50 or so of these racks?
This lead to the question of if Kodak would be "interested" in someone producing reproduction replacement parts for a camera they haven't manufactured in decades.
It also led me to wonder if anyone bought the rights to reproduce these parts from Kodak and would get excited?
I know Micro Tools (Europe) sells these racks for 24,99 Euro; wonder what their arrangement is with Kodak, or if there is one?