nitroplait Posted February 6, 2022 Share #21 Â Posted February 6, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) For JIS you would want Japanese screwdrivers. Vessel is good quality at a fair price. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 6, 2022 Posted February 6, 2022 Hi nitroplait, Take a look here Screwdrivers for lenses and cameras. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
haikos Posted February 6, 2022 Share #22  Posted February 6, 2022 @nitroplait Thanks I will look it up. Do you know what specific sizes I should get? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 7, 2022 Share #23  Posted February 7, 2022 For the A+F screwdrivers, the normal place to source these is either a specialist small tool supplier (www.micro-tools.de) who I think also have a US outlet or a wholesale jeweller's sundries supplier. I use https://www.cousinsuk.com/product/af-swiss-stainless-steel-18978a but I am sure their equivalent in other countries exists. I think that sometimes Amazon stocks them as well. For Japanese cameras you will probably need cross head screwdrivers as well. Difficult to say what sizes you will need. I have 0.3mm up to 3.0mm. Once you have a kit of these superb quality screwdrivers, you would probably find you use them for all sorts of things. A+F also do cross head as well as slot head drivers. Leica use all sorts of weird size screws like 1.7 and 1.2mm. What I did when I started playing with cameras over 50 years ago was to buy some totally broken cameras, including at the time a couple of Leicas, at photo fairs and take them to pieces, so that I have a number of Tupperware containers with metric, JIS and BA screws, springs, and assorted parts. The other tool that is essential is a pair of anti magnetic tweezers and also a pair of very small crocodile nose surgical forceps is very useful for holding items when you can't get fingers in and also for removing tiny shreds of film. https://tinyurl.com/4sne3hpa Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroplait Posted February 7, 2022 Share #24  Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, haikos said: @nitroplait Thanks I will look it up. Do you know what specific sizes I should get? Plus (+) size 0 is most used. + size 00 is good to have. It is very useful to have both a short and long of each - a wise tip from Richard Haw. https://richardhaw.com/lens-camera-repair-fundamentals/ Edited February 7, 2022 by nitroplait added link to resource Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankap Posted February 7, 2022 Share #25  Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) On 7/21/2018 at 11:19 AM, wlaidlaw said: I bought a lovely wooden box of the A+F screwdrivers the next day at a shop in Zurich (Uhren-Borse or something like that). They were sadly stolen from a cupboard in my office at work, along with two Minox cameras, so I now just have the same screwdrivers but in plastic packets. Wilson Have you seen this? Interesting is, that they offer their tools in English and in romanic languages. Not in German!? https://shop.afswitzerland.com/catalogs/cat.asp Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited February 7, 2022 by jankap Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286751-screwdrivers-for-lenses-and-cameras/?do=findComment&comment=4378614'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 7, 2022 Share #26  Posted February 7, 2022 I don't know if it has changed but you had to set up a trade account with A+F with bank payment arrangements, whereas I could buy from Cousins in the UK with Paypal. I see that Cousins are now out of stock of A+F screwdrivers, like much of the UK is out of stock of anything coming from Europe. The lunacy of Brexit is really beginning to bite. I have to go up to London next week to see the French Consulate to persuade them, ever so kindly, to grant me a long stay non-resident homeowner visa, for the modest cost of just €99 per annum, so I can go to my French house from the end of April to the beginning of October this year as I try to do every year. The UK grants EU residents automatic 6 month stays post-brexit but only negotiated 3 month non-visa stays in the EU in return - a really good negotiating job chaps - well done 😡😡 ! Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock Posted February 7, 2022 Share #27  Posted February 7, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 2 hours ago, wlaidlaw said: I don't know if it has changed but you had to set up a trade account with A+F with bank payment arrangements, whereas I could buy from Cousins in the UK with Paypal. I see that Cousins are now out of stock of A+F screwdrivers, like much of the UK is out of stock of anything coming from Europe. The lunacy of Brexit is really beginning to bite. I have to go up to London next week to see the French Consulate to persuade them, ever so kindly, to grant me a long stay non-resident homeowner visa, for the modest cost of just €99 per annum, so I can go to my French house from the end of April to the beginning of October this year as I try to do every year. The UK grants EU residents automatic 6 month stays post-brexit but only negotiated 3 month non-visa stays in the EU in return - a really good negotiating job chaps - well done 😡😡 ! Wilson Oh dear, you won't be invited to any parties at No 10 Wilson. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 7, 2022 Share #28  Posted February 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Matlock said: Oh dear, you won't be invited to any parties at No 10 Wilson. I have told Bobo the clown, in person, my opinion of him. I think I was struck off the No.10 invite list some time ago. Wilson 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrogallol Posted February 8, 2022 Share #29  Posted February 8, 2022 I bought a set of these ones after a recommendation in a previous thread about screwdrivers. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286751-screwdrivers-for-lenses-and-cameras/?do=findComment&comment=4379047'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted February 8, 2022 Share #30  Posted February 8, 2022 I use that Wera set for model making and general use but for cameras, I prefer the jeweller's A*F (Albert Froidevaux) Swiss ones. Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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