Zeiss Ikon "Ikonta C" 521/2: A Continuing Saga

[br1078lum]

Had to help a guy over on another forum who had enthusiastically torn his Klio shutter apart, and didn't know how to put it back together.  So I grabbed my old Zeiss Ikonta C, and proceeded to do a partial teardown so I could take some pictures for him.  After that, I just kept going.

It has a few problems.  Hazy/fungus lens, self timer hangs up, broken rivet on one of the erecting struts, the shutter release mechanism was jammed, and part of that is missing.

So far, I've managed to clean up the lens, teardown the shutter for cleaning later, and have repaired what I have of the shutter release/double-exposure preventer.  I'm in the process of either getting a replacement part, or making my own.  I'll let you know how that all works out, but for now, here is a bit of what I have done so far:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7699588@N07/sets/72157627174027123/

And a photo of the beast itself:


The Camera by br1078phot, on Flickr

Technically, I don't need the shutter release in it's entirety, as I could always trip the shutter with a finger on the side of the housing.  But I enjoy a challenge such as this, and will keep at it until it's hopeless.  After that, I can start in on my Ikomat 520.  At least it has a Tessar in a Compur-Rapid that is only jammed in B and T.  Then there is the Nettar 517/16 with a totally jammed Vario.  That ought to keep me busy for a few days.

PF

[br1078lum]

UPDATE! 7-28-11

After a little prodding on the other forums, I finally may be getting a junker/parts body to be able to fix my shutter release.  Turns out the part I need is a stamped metal piece, and making one out of rod would have been difficult.  For one thing, it would be hard to control the torque, unless I made it a rod-within-a-pipe.  But I won't have to worry about that now.  Just how to get it out of the Nettar body, and into the Ikonta.  They were riveted together, and that presents another challenge.

PF

[Julio1fer]

That's a nice-looking one. The Novar is a great lens. Hope you get it in perfect shape!

[melek]

Hey, what was the outcome of this camera?

[br1078lum]

It's on hold at the moment.  Trying to figure out how to get one of the strut springs back on without tearing the camera apart.  Will have to make some sort of clamping device to hold the camera so it doesn't go spinning on me.  And other things have gotten my attention lately.

PF