Smiths Timer

I have serviced a number of Smiths Timers over the past few months, however I have one that I have no experience with, any got any idea how to disconnect the reset button on this clock so that the mech can be removed?

Some of the ones that I have done.

WAG - can you use a spanner type wrench on the round element below the reset button? Turn counter clockwise?

In the end (much as I hate not using the right tool) I used a pair of long nosed pliers. Did the job, fortunately without marking the case any further.

Nice. I have three, 2 RBG button and a 120 minute along with a similar Kodak version. Not so easy to get these in States but necessary if you lack electricity in your work space.

Saganich said:

Nice. I have three, 2 RBG button and a 120 minute along with a similar Kodak version. Not so easy to get these in States but necessary if you lack electricity in your work space.

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how do you run the enlarger without electricity?

RalphLambrecht said:

how do you run the enlarger without electricity?

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Gas or candles. I assume your enlarger is a fancy recent model if you ask this question.

Romanko said:

Gas or candles. I assume your enlarger is a fancy recent model if you ask this question.

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There was a Smiths process timer in our school darkroom/cupboard-under-the-stairs in the late 1960s. The darkroom hadn't been used for quite a while, so I got very familiar with all its contents through having to clean them up and make them work. We did already have electricity in those days(!), but timing print exposures involved watching the clock and flicking the enlarger on and off.

Once I realised that these timers were commonplace on eBay, I had to have one for the darkroom shed I built late in life, for nostalgia's sake. Actually I bought two specimens, the first being the newer type with the coloured buttons. I disliked that one, and it turned out to be rusty inside. The second was the original type in nice condition, which I cleaned and lubricated. I also built a little plywood cradle so that it sits at the top of my splash-back, in easy reach but out of harm's way. After the main light, it's the first thing I switch on in the darkroom - I just love the sound, puts me in the right mood.