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[Mr_flibble]

I have a couple of 1940s Kodak 35 cameras (as well as 35RFs) that are missing some of the  rollbearings and springs under the winding knobs.  
 
These tiny cylindrical bearings and springs allow the knob/take-up spool to only turn in one direction.  (

[Mr_flibble]

Managed to make some 2x2mm rollers from some wire I found in the bits box. Cut'm with a handsaw, ground'm down with a dremel and a file until they fit.  
 
Now, to make the springs....

[Mr_flibble]

Alright managed to turn some compression springs from musical wire and hardened them.
 
Cut to the right length and ground down a little.
 
Managed to fix the roller brakes on both a Kodak 35 RF and on a PH-324.

[Hollenbj]

Impressive.  I thought about turning my own coil springs for a repair last year.  Nice to know it really can be done.  Did you harden them while on the form?
 
You've prompted me to pull out the Kodak 35 and give it a look over.  Surprisingly bette

[Mr_flibble]

Thanks,  
 
No, I took them off the form, which was an 0.8mm screwdriver tip. I used some excess string (high C) from my electric guitar for the springs.  
Wound it around the screwdriver as evenly as I could and then cut off the excess.  
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[Hollenbj]

Nice looking camera.  Funny how Kodak 35 can mean different things.  Here's what I thought you were talking about.  Very similar, but I think this one is a tad newer.

[Hans Kerensky]

I have an old 35 (no rangefinder)just like the one in Ricks photo and also the rangefinder model.  
What really struck me with these Kodaks is the fact that the pressure plates in both my cameras are not black but shiny. Wonder how that would influence

[Denny]

If I recall, one of the Kodak slide films, I think Ektachrome, didn't like shiny pressure plates and that is when Kodak (and others) began to switch to the black pressure plate.

[Mr_flibble]

Anything without an anti-halation layer is going to get effected (I only learned this after having shot about 10 rolls of Lucky film)
 
Hollenbj, your 35RF appears to be a post-war one with Anastar Lens in a synchromatic shutter. I have an earli

[Hollenbj]

Yes, the Kodak 35 RF camera in the picture has a shiny chrome pressure plate.  Funny, I didn't even notice it.  I do recall reading a recent thread about this on Classic Camera Repair.