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[Hrhwilson17]

Hi I am interested in camera restoration which I do as a hobby.Most of the ones I restore are destined for the rubbish tip.Would be interested in your comments on some of my restorations.  Photos attached of some I have completed this year.
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[Adrian]

Harry ( I think I can read that on one of your pics), it looks to me like you should visit this site - you sing from the same hymn sheet!
 
http://ifitsrusteditsmine.googlepag

[Rjl]

Your work looks lovely Harry, especially on such a range of vintage tools.  Do the cameras work too?  
 
Kind regards.

[Hrhwilson17]

Hi all the mechanical parts work, on the Lightning I had to replace springs same on the No4 Kodak Junior ,the string set also needed overhaul.I still have to replace a spring in the shutter of the King Penguin. The No4 came without the back section fo

[Hrhwilson17]

Hi I am running out of cameras to restore can anyone help me. If you look at the ones that I have restored you will get an idea of the ones I want.ones suitable for the rubbish that need a lot of TLC.I am willing to pay for them.
Thanks Harry

[Canuck_curt]

Hi Harry,  
It looks like you do excellent work and really enjoy yourself which is great but could you please hit the Enter button between each photo you post or they'll load all across the screen like this and make your post hard to read. Thanks,

[Rj_]

Harry - Just curious to see how your restoration work is going.
 
Can you share how you restored the covering of the Kodak Junior?

[Hrhwilson17]

Hi
the hardest part to restoring an old camera is to locate a covering suitable for the job.
The covering I am using is from a local bookbinder which as been used for about the last 50 years for book binding.the brown that I use is not the correct b

[Rj_]

Hi there,
 
thanks for getting back.
 
You're spot on - this first step is the most challenging.  Looking at a Thornton Pickard 1/4 plate camera which I had hopes of working on, I've not seen any material flexible enough to cover this wi

[Retina]

Nice.

[Gyurmi]

Wow! This is astonishing. Do you specifically target the really crapy ones? I can imagine that the bigger the challenge, the greater the satisfaction is. Not long ago I 'restored' a Canonflex, which was in a rather poor shape and enjoyed the work

[Edward8]

Hello Harry,
 
I live in country Victoria, but tend to travel interstate for work. Next stop is Hobart, I think. Will keep an eye out for suitable candidates for restoration.
 
Seen a few around where I live, but nothing special.
 

[Msiegel]

@Gyurmi
A very fine article on the Canonflex restauration.  
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[Donyet]

Wow, that's some impressive restoration work. I wouldn't have gotten near these cameras in the shape they were in before.

[Mogul264]

I have a family heirloom, a 1924 2A Brownie Model C box camera. The rear door leatherette/cloth hinge has torn completely across, with only the clip holding it on. It appears to have been a one piece covering/hinge, and there are several rivets, v