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Author Topic: Help curing aperture plates that won't stay put. Brad Allen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 688 From: Evansville, IN, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 10-06-2005 05:24 PM                     I have two Simplex 35's with curved gates that the aperture plates will not stay in place. They vibrate out of place. These gates have nothing for the little latching nubs to click into. Any suggestions to keep them in place and still have them easy to change?  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-06-2005 06:35 PM                     A couple of things...first...make sure your machine is not vibrating excessively (shutter out of balance or perhaps the motor coupling going bad). Next, check the spring clip that holds the aperture it should be applying enough force to hold it in place. Next...make sure teh dimples have not worn down, if they have, pien them. Lastly, you can pien the top and bottom of the plate (on the flat part) to expand the metal so that it provides more friction on the top and bottom.  |  IP: Logged Peter Mork Expert Film Handler Posts: 181 From: Newton, MA, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 10-06-2005 07:22 PM                     Definitions of pien on the Web: Mobil sound in a scale/mode. The same degree of the scale may appear with different alterations, usually in different octaves or at different times in the same melody. I say just hit it with a hammer.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-07-2005 06:39 AM                     Okay...then look up "peen" Sorry for the mispelling.  |  IP: Logged

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