The Come Back and running behind on projects.

2012 will be a busy year...  

I'm on the mend, but lost the wedding photo gig because of time.  The regular job will just be about all I can concentrate on anyway.   Speaking issues, Kodak having some as film use on the rise. I heard from a person that I'm not very clear about what is fixed and what is not?  I'm not sure if I had made it clear, so I'll list it off again with some clarifications.  It has been harder to get stuff I want in the auctions these days, more competition these days I guess.  My showing "how-to" info might add to that too, but I believe in sharing info for the greater good of more film users is a bit more important.

My DIY list of past and present and future projects.

Things Waiting To Be Fixed: 

Pentax LX - (current project on the desk) Sticky Syndromes, yes, many issues including a shutter magnet mystery

Pentax LX - Sticky Syndrome, no further diagnosis

Pentax KM - Meter dead and hang shutter

Pentax Auto 110 - Sticky mirror and slow response, corrosion on circuit board

Pentax Auto 110 - Sticky mirror and slow response, tampered winding mechanism
Minox PL - Meter working, but not shutter movement and seems to measure to underexpose.

Things that live in the TO-BE-REPAIRED drawer: 

Holga 120 - shutter crapped out, awaiting rebuild of improved mechanism

Takumar S-M-C 90mm LS 2.8 - Aperture not operating normal, possible out of tolerance   
Yashica MG-1 - stuck shutter, no further diagnosis

Minolta HI-Matic 7s - automation is not functional, no further diagnosis

Yashica Electro 35 - Stuck shutter, no further diagnosis

Strobonar 700 - Primary coil works, no further diagnosis

Strobonar 890 - No charge activity, no further diagnosis

Industra-61 - Stiff focus, no further diagnosis

Things Fixed So Far: 

Minox GT - first was way underexposed then second shutter would not fire and later all electrical went out.

Pentax LX NICad Pack - dead cells
Speed Graphic 4x5- messy shutter curtain
Minolta X700 - soda
Canon AE-1- Stuck in mid-cycle and squeaking
Takumar SMC 6x7 300mm f4 - layers of tape, slow aperture and loose elements and off infinity
Pentax KX - dead meter and dirty low speeds and bad foam, separated eyepiece
Pentax(K) SMC 135mm f2.5 - Front element very loose
Tamron 28-80mm f3.5-4.5 - dried grease and fungus
Pentax-M 50mm f1.4 - dried grease, oily blades
Pentax-M 40mm f2.8 - separated element at rear group
Pentax S1a - dead shutter and filled with WD40 plus bad foam
Pentax SV - locked in mid-cycle and filthy screen and mirror tons of bad foam
Pentax MX - water damage, sluggish and jammed and bad foam
Pentax-M 28mm f2.8 - dead aperture
Pentax 6x7 TTL meter prism - Dead capacitors
Pentax MX - low speed issues and smeared screen and mirror due to foam bad
Pentax SV - general CLA, needed new foam
Super Takumar 50mm f1.4 - fungus and Yellowed
Pentax-A 28-80mm f3.5-4.5 - fungus rear group
Tamron 60-300mm f3.8-5.4 - cleaning needed in the optics 
Pentax ME Super - would not cycle and bad foam
Pentax ME Super - mis-cycled and bad foam
Agfa Super Sillette - collapsed shutter housing (face plant)
Zeiss Nettar No. 514 - shutter stuck
Adox Sport - shutter stuck
Takumar-A 28-80mm f3.5-4.7 - oil and tampered aperture
Pentax MG - could not cycle
Minox IIIs - crushed end and not firing
Minox C - tampered magnet
Minox B - crushed shutter blades
Pentax IQzoom 90WR - would not power up
Pentax-M 80-200mm 4.5 - cams malfunction
Zorki 1C - shutter timing problems
Jupiter 3 50mm f1.5 - infinity was very wrong
Bolsey B2 - shutter tampered
Bolsey B22 - Frozen shutter, oil on aperture blades

Bolsey B2 - dried grease on shutter
Pentax Spotmeter III - dirty power switch
Nikkromat Ftn - stuck shutter, bad foam
Kodak SIX-20 Flash Brownie - overhauled eyepiece and shutter
Compur + Zeiss Jena 13.5cm f4.5 - filthy mechanism  

Kodak Anniversary Brownie - escutcheons loose, shutter only works in one direction

Kodak Holiday - thick dirt inside of lens


Things in the planning for someday soon:
Recreate my version of Power Pack M
8x10 hand built camera - running glass plates

If I can clear other duties in family life, I'll try to catch up with the LX project and go into details.  What is coming up is the following...

1. The revisit of the opening of the body and cautions
2. The wire desoldering and strategy
3. The figuring out of replacement parts and hacking new ones since it is almost impossible to call Pentax
4. The testing of settings with parts solutions
5. The finish - assembly and re-gasket