The Czickness LII.2…..the sunshine and roses version.

[wtburnette]

Yep, rainy and miserable here as well. Oh well, make us appreciate the nice days more I guess

 

[88E30M50]

Morning folks! ️

 

[patience0830]

Wondered why I didn't wanna rise this morning. Opened the curtains to a rainy day in Florence, KY.

morning all!

G'nite gmcttr.

 

[88E30M50]

It's a good day to hang around indoors and wallow in excess coffee.

 

[mcapo]

It's a good day to hang around indoors and wallow in excess coffee.

It will stop raining around 11:30, 'cause that is when I will be back in the office and out of the weather.

 

[88E30M50]

On an non-gun note, I had some success last night in troubleshooting and fixing another old camera. A couple of weeks back, I picked up a pair of Canon A-1 bodies for parts/repair. One has a dead display but seemed to function fine otherwise. The other was just dead but had a good display.

I started working with the one with the good display, figuring that I'd have better luck if I focused on the mechanical side instead of electrical issues. With a little prodding, I found that I could get the shutter to fire, so I spent some time cleaning and lubing up all known issue points with the camera. The camera responded well and without too much trouble, it would fire the shutter and seemed to be back working. Except, both shutter curtains released at the same time.

I shot a slow motion vid of a working camera and this non-working one to see what was going on. The video showed that the second shutter electro-magnet was not working. That magnet had a bunch of corrosion on it, and under very close inspection, I could see that the armature wire was broken on one side. I had a very nice looking magnet in the other camera, so I moved that one to this camera and now all seems to be working well.

Lessons learned for me on this one is that I need smaller soldering iron tips. Removing and re soldering tiny components is not easy with something designed to do heavy work. New iron tips are on the way now.

This is the black camera in the pic below. It's now just waiting to be tested with film.

 

[T-DOGG]

Witness .45 has been spoken for. I love this place.

 

[Born2vette]

Morning folks!

looks like an indoor range day to me!

On an non-gun note, I had some success last night in troubleshooting and fixing another old camera.

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88’s camera restoration and (picture) shooting gallery. When will you put a darkroom in your house?

Witness .45 has been spoken for. I love this place.

It’s a nice, soft shooting 45 that I am sure is much better than when I had it but it had to go to make room for a 97 in my safe. Glad its staying in the group.

 

[ChrisK]

After ordering the DPP and rear sight for the C2 the gun/accessories fund has been depleted. I need a side hustle….

 

[WebSnyper]

After ordering the DPP and rear sight for the C2 the gun/accessories fund has been depleted. I need a side hustle….

Got to get that Staccato referral money rolling in again.

 

[ChrisK]

Got to get that Staccato referral money rolling in again.

I’m still waiting for your payment to process….

 

[bcannon]

Morn'n fellas :bgoOJ:

 

[T-DOGG]

After ordering the DPP and rear sight for the C2 the gun/accessories fund has been depleted. I need a side hustle….

What size pants you wear? I have an idea.

 

[ChrisK]

What size pants you wear? I have an idea.

Your ideas scare me…

 

[T-DOGG]

Your ideas scare me…

 

[patience0830]

What size pants you wear? I have an idea.

Pants stretcher?

 

[WebSnyper]

I’m still waiting for your payment to process….

 

[T-DOGG]

Pants stretcher?

I've been called worse.

 

[MindfulMan]

I'm alive !

 

[MindfulMan]

Four years before I joined INGO, I went to a rodeo in Laramie, Wyoming (so I don't think that you've seen any of these photos).
Maybe it'll bring some smiles on a dreary day.

The last photo won recognition from an international photography forum. The little girl won the "Junior sheep-riding contest".

((left-click on photos for larger image)