Kodak Supermatic Shutter: Damaged Blades and Diaphragm Pivots
Originally posted on Instagram. Notes from the repair bench, kept here as a searchable archive. View the original on Instagram
Repairing a Kodak Supermatic shutter. This particular shutter needed the usual cleaning to get the shutter to operate properly but also needed the blades to be removed as they were sticking. Upon disassembly, I found two shutter blades that were damaged and the diaphragm blade pivots were also damaged. The diaphragm blade pivots in this shutter are not very robust and it takes very little fricton (from oil on the blades) to cause damage. Replaced all of the above, shutter now works fine.
