Probe Droid
Master Member
There a plenty of people on here with stories of finding a $25 Graflex back in the 90's though.
Mine was $10.
There a plenty of people on here with stories of finding a $25 Graflex back in the 90's though.
Have you done anything to the finish? Or did the previous owner? It kind of looks like a real one that was painted black and then sanded to weather it. I see some good signs and some signs that points to that this is a reproduction, so I'm not sure.
Thanks for the input. The polished areas look black because of the reflections. They aren't actually black. I updated my post with better pictures in natural lighting. Hopefully some others can chime in too.
Quick HUGE favor for anyone who owns a vintage 3 cell, or a non-2.0 replica...
I've scoured this thread in search of a picture or two of a 3 cell without its clamp on, to no avail. I'm in the middle of making a replica mostly based upon Ant's Graflex replica and the Reflex prototype blueprints, with the exception that I've made it in 2 parts, in the same vein as the genuine article.
Now that I have both parts I can't for the life of me figure out how they lock in together without overlapping lopsidedness.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you all
EDIT: attached pics
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160409/8d00e01182de466e4f63d20c2466c42f.jpg
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160409/ca850cf82c6fae487397c102919ebd9b.jpg
Thanks partner. I'm actually trying to get a pic of the top and bottom pieces locked together without the clamp on. Sorry that wasn't clear. I'm not that good with my wordspeak.here you go:
bottom:
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top:
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clamp:
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Anyway, pretty sure I remember seeing some schematics around this forum or on the internet, just search for "hardware graflex"
Thanks partner. I'm actually trying to get a pic of the top and bottom pieces locked together without the clamp on. Sorry that wasn't clear. I'm not that good with my wordspeak.
"For the Jedi it is time to eat as well"
Brilliant! This was just a case of mistaken identity then, since I've never been in arms reach of a genuine 3 cell I always assumed the two pieces locked together prior to the clamp being placed on.lol no probs
if I understood your question correctly, then the top and bottom piece actually lock themselves to the clamp, rather than to each other
here's a pic w/o the clamp, there is no lock mechanism at all, one slight touch and they will fall apart:
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look closely to the........ canals (can't remember the proper word for it) in both top and bottom, you will see a slightly raised "notch", that is the thing that is locking the top and bottom piece to the clamp.