Filmshooting

Hobby? Yes!

Business? No!

I can't survive on the money I make working full-time!

Gobo

It certainly does!

Now I have this notion about buying dying camera's and breathing life back into them! 8O

soon to end:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 67668&rd=1

There are several B8's on ebay right now, some working, some not so good. I am going to keep an eye on them (whatever that means) and possibly purchase them so that I may work on them and see if I can repair any.

I'm taking a liking to the idea of casually repairing these and being able to help ...

What is a "Switar primes"?

Sorry

Reg8, well you never know.........yesterday's events have enthused me to buy some relatively cheap Bolex's and see what I can do to them.

Cleaning is one thing, replacing worn and broken parts is another! Unless one has an arsenal of broken camera's at their helm, then parts for these things are ...

I wish I had read these before I attempted to do it! :) LOL

I went the full hog and took the chassis cover plate and everything off and basically started from the internals up. I used WD40 as a cleaning agent on the tip of several cotton buds/cue tips ONLY , making sure that I didn't put any excess ...

regular8mm wrote:
You can get a factory repair manual from this guy/gal. If you can fix these things you will have a small business.

Now there's an idea....I've checked his stock and he has limited R8 but it's a start.

Thanks again

Gobo

Great!

Thanks Reg8!

I am now armed with a can of WD40 and a precision screwdriver set!

Here goes..........

Gobo

Thanks guys,

No watch repair kit for xmas, so it's down to Walmart/Home Depot for a look at a small screwdriver set...........

I'll let you know the results!

Cheers

Gobo

[What other methods can I use for cleaning? A cotton bud/Cue tip? Anything else?Gobo

a nasal aspirator (baby snot sucker), :wink:

Damn, if only I'd known before the xmas wish list went out! :) LOL

Thanks Split8mm! So you have had success using this method? Is there any advice you would suggest ...

I hope you are able to get it running correctly as they are great cameras, I have one. Does your light meter work? No one who sells on e-bay ever says if the meter works, usually they don't. Mine works with a coil of wire to full up the space and a air zink battery replacement.

Michael

At the ...

Quoted from the movie "GO" by Doug Liman

Sorry, i didn't mean to post this twice!

Gobo

Hi Guys and Gals,

I have just aquired a Bolex P1 and believe that it may need a service and some cleaning work. The spring tension seems to be erratic after fully winding. It will run at a high speed to start with for a few seconds before dropping off to a not so steady 18 fps before slowly running ...