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Pixman, interesting that someone would know what it was, I'd never heard of one till Charlie got into film school. No bearings, with the loads involved and polished shafts (not drill bits) brass bushings should last a long time. It will give a four to one increase, followed by about a 1 to 4 decrease to the lens, or overall 1 to 1. Will see how it feels, can either shim the gears or use a belleville washer to preload the gears. He has a Canon 5D at the moment, but hope to build the mount fairly universal.
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(02-17-2013, 05:57 PM)PixMan Wrote: Back to the shop today to touch up the sliding member of Willie's planer gauge. The camera and lighting on this photo do make the finish look a lot worse than it really is, sorry about that. There are visual grind marks, though hard to feel. A quick lapping job would make them disappear. At least now both pieces have the same finish.
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Nice job Ken! That looks beautiful. I'm sure Willie is very pleased with the results.
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(02-18-2013, 06:47 AM)EdK Wrote: Nice job Ken! That looks beautiful. I'm sure Darren is very pleased with the results.
Ed
Woo Hoo - looks like I just scored myself a planer gauge, thanks Ken, Ed and of course Willie.
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Lol...Ken's gonna wonder why it cost so much to send back.
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No - I'm sure Ken knows the postage rates off by heart now! Or he can hold on to it until I'm back in the US. I need an excuse to visit MA again.
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Wait..... whaaaaa???
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(02-18-2013, 07:11 AM)Mayhem Wrote: (02-18-2013, 06:47 AM)EdK Wrote: Nice job Ken! That looks beautiful. I'm sure Darren is very pleased with the results.
Ed
Woo Hoo - looks like I just scored myself a planer gauge, thanks Ken, Ed and of course Willie.
Oops! Open mouth, insert foot.
Sorry Willie!
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I was going to say... I don't think I sent Ken enough postage to get it down under.
And yes - it
does look bea-uti-full don't it!!!???
And unlike the last owner, I intend to keep it that way.
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(02-18-2013, 06:23 PM)Highpower Wrote: And yes - it does look bea-uti-full don't it!!!???
It surely does.
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