Ilex 5 Shutter: Cleaning the Slow Speeds Escapement
Originally posted on Instagram. Notes from the repair bench, kept here as a searchable archive. View the original on Instagram
Servicing an Ilex 5 shutter. These are about the largest leaf shutters that you normally will find on large format cameras. This one needed a typical cleaning of the slow speeds escapement to restore operation. The escapement on these is made up of discrete parts and not a unit like Compur or Copal shutters so it needs to be disassembled to be cleaned. The last photo shows where the first gear segment has had some trauma in the past and the tab sticking up that contacts the speed cam has been soldered back in place.
