Bolex H8 Rex 1 Tune Up

[Don H Marks]

Seems "BOLEX USA/PROCAM" no longer services Bolex. I got the response below yesterday:

 

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Hello,
unfortunately, Bolex repairs are no longer supported at this time, sorry.

DS

 

 

[Don H Marks]

Here it is ready to be opened. Lenses are removed. 

[Samuel Berger]

Be careful not to get impaled by the spring.

[Don H Marks]

These screws need to come out:

[Don H Marks]

Remove the reflex finder:

[Don H Marks]

Remove the 6mm nut and the screws holding the turret. 

 

[Don H Marks]

The turret slides off the shutter blades. Be careful. 

[Don H Marks]

The removing these screws allows the mechamism to come out of the case. Press in the film cutter. Don't damage the film counter wheel on the way out. 

 

[Don H Marks]

Inner workings are exposed. I remove the film counter to keep it from being damaged. 

 

[Don H Marks]

This camera has the older style governor bucket. It needed to be cleaned and re-lubed. There are a lot of opinions of what to do here. This is my own personal camera and I used some moly lube and it works for me. 

 

[Don H Marks]

One of the sprockets was too high. I don't have the height measuring blocks, so I did some trial and error until it loaded smoothly. 

 

[Don H Marks]

I don't have the gauge for the claw. I used a piece of film. The claw was too low so it was bent up a touch. 

 

 

[Don H Marks]

I cleaned various spinning parts with alcohol and then re-oiled and greased various things until it ran smooth. I did not take the motor out or take the spring apart. 

After re-assembly, Wow! I never ran so smooth. 

All ready for some 100ft loads, 

 

[Don H Marks]

The light meter was calibrated to k = 14.03 with a zinc cell. 

[Don H Marks]

The stop-down lever of the 5.5mm lens was bent. I disassembled it and bent it back straight. 

 

[Don H Marks]

The helicoid was disassemble, cleaned and re-greased.

[Don H Marks]