Kinor 35, 35mm Motion Picture Cameras (Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:11:36 -0500)

Subject: Re: [Konvas] Re: Kinor 35
Date Posted: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:11:36 -0500
From: MATT HURLEY (eyesee2 at mindspring.com)
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Man o man , the ABEC 7-9 .Very nice .

On Nov 27, 2004, at 4:51 PM, PeterH5322 at aol.com wrote:
>
>> The alternative to having to oil the rear bearing regularly is to
>> have it
>> replaced with a self-lubricating modern silenced ball bearing (or
>> needle
>> roller bearing), which would mean you would never have to think about
>> this
>> bearing at all, but you run a risk of the camera becoming ever so
>> slightly
>> more noisy after such a conversion. This bearing replacement does not
>> necessarily have to cost several thousand dollars, but more along the
>> lines of a few hundred dollars.
>
> A reasonably simple machining job.
>
> Although not mandated by the relatively low load, much tighter
> tolerances
> and, consequently, lower noise, could be achieved by specifying a
> super-precision bearing, say, an ABEC 7 or 9.
>
> But, a "plain" bearing will likely be quieter than a "frictionless"
> bearing.
>
> An ABEC 7 or 9 ball bearing will outlast the Kinor 35H itself by at
> least
> two centuries.
>
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