Super Wester Rehab Questions...

[PFMcFarland]

What Alex is alluding to is that even though the parts may not be an exact match, the basic operations are the same, so the Vero parts and actions will work similar to an NKK shutter even if they don't look the same. You still need a B lever to trip the shutter, and a drive to charge the shutter, and a holding lever to keep the shutter open until the escapement runs down. Whatever other levers are in there they are mainly to transfer the action from one place to another and are formed at the whim of the designer who can either create an exact copy of a different shutter or make the parts unique to the design.

PF

[melek]

As I often say, there is no such thing as an "easy repair."

[scott]

Hmm.

So, finally got enough time and focus to mess with this. Pulled things apart, did not send the mainspring acoss the room. Tried to figure out where the tiny little spring went for about ten minutes. Not long enough to catch the spot that it was clearly intended to catch. Started moving things around, found this:


Which led to this:


The bit on the left is the new piece; the other is what I had found last time I was messing with it. The two pieces, being the same gauge, seem clearly to be intended to be joined. So, I see this as a fatal problem. I have not the materials, the tools, or the skill to fabricate this. No idea how these are intended to be joined. I'm thinking, at this point, the best available option is to troll for some kind of shutter that would be close enough (Prontor) that I could scrounge a compatible enough spring, or could replace the shutter outright.

Drat. Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes...