Hey there,
I took the time today to look closer at my recently aquired Graflex telegraph.
there are a few interesting details that I wanted to share and also some that I was hoping to get opinions on from people that own one too.
The Flash was in pretty good condition, with just a spot of rust next to the bunny ears. It was missing both clamp squares and lever, the clamp was held by a screw and nut. I replaced those by vintage parts and cleaned the flash a bit.
I noticed that there was glue around the glass eye, so I removed it and found out that the glass eye was totally different that usual ones:
seems legit, since the flash tube is made differently there but I'm not sure about the exposed brass on the glass eye. There are two small holes that are threaded on each side. I assumed this was previously holding small screws to turn and lock the glass eye in place. I put two small set screws I removed from an Eumig camera a few days ago. It works ok, don't know if this is usually what it looks like. Seems better than superglue in any case!
Now, what I'm unsure about too are the bunny ears, they are held in place by a screw and nut, they are old so are probably here for a long while. I saw telegraph graflexes with the usual rivet, I don't know if this is a variation or just a fix from someone. The bunny ears themselves are very shinny.
Another particular thing I noticed is that the normally very thin ring that holds the bulbs is made of thicker material there:
couple more picture of the details of the bunny ears:
Anyone with experience with those flashes variations that could chime in, I would really appreciate it.
cheers
I took the time today to look closer at my recently aquired Graflex telegraph.
there are a few interesting details that I wanted to share and also some that I was hoping to get opinions on from people that own one too.
The Flash was in pretty good condition, with just a spot of rust next to the bunny ears. It was missing both clamp squares and lever, the clamp was held by a screw and nut. I replaced those by vintage parts and cleaned the flash a bit.
I noticed that there was glue around the glass eye, so I removed it and found out that the glass eye was totally different that usual ones:
seems legit, since the flash tube is made differently there but I'm not sure about the exposed brass on the glass eye. There are two small holes that are threaded on each side. I assumed this was previously holding small screws to turn and lock the glass eye in place. I put two small set screws I removed from an Eumig camera a few days ago. It works ok, don't know if this is usually what it looks like. Seems better than superglue in any case!
Now, what I'm unsure about too are the bunny ears, they are held in place by a screw and nut, they are old so are probably here for a long while. I saw telegraph graflexes with the usual rivet, I don't know if this is a variation or just a fix from someone. The bunny ears themselves are very shinny.
Another particular thing I noticed is that the normally very thin ring that holds the bulbs is made of thicker material there:
couple more picture of the details of the bunny ears:
Anyone with experience with those flashes variations that could chime in, I would really appreciate it.
cheers