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[Mikevernon]

I've recently bought a Foth-Flex 1, an unusual german TLR from 1935 with a focal plane shutter.
 
Unfortunately somebody has repainted it, badly, but everything seems intact underneath the black goo.
 
My first problem is that I can'

[Karl]

Mikevernon I have the same model and as I remember the wind on  dial is at the very bottom on the controls side. The round dial is springy, you need to turn the dial in one complete motion all the way round until the shutter cocks. Then use the lever ab

[Mikevernon]

Hi Karl
Many thanks for your reply. Yes, I thought that lever was most likely to be the shutter release.
I can rotate the bottom dial and there is some spring resistance before it comes to a stop, but the shutter doesn't fire. I suppose th nex

[Hein]

I have dismantled a Foth Flex completely some days ago and documented the whole process, see:
 
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repairing+Foth+Flex+

[Connealy]

Terrific documentation on fixing that interesting old camera.

[Hein]

Thanks!