focomat 1c Focomat and Focotars service issue

[apbphoto]

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I am restoring a Focomat 1c (complete with Ilford Multigrade HLZ system) and all seems fine except it is missing one small but important part. I attach a photo of the part on another 1c as well as the bare spindle/screw on mine.
I don’t know what it is called but I’m guessing it is a roller bearing and is roughly 10mm in diameter. It supports the curved autofocus cam and without it I need to manually focus all the time.
Now I am aware that Leica stopped support for enlargers some time ago but I wonder if anyone could help: is this a standard component I could source from a roller bearing supplier or would I need to have it fabricated?

Second query is does anyone know of a good lens repair place that could clean the haze from a couple of Focotars I have. Leica no longer provide this service. I'm in the UK.

Thanks

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[Stealth3kpl]

Have you tried contacting Kienzle in Germany regarding the hardware?

I bet Malcolm Taylor would be keen to look at your lenses.

Pete

[apbphoto]

Hi Pete, 

Thanks for the tips: I did contact Kienzle but in the time it took them to reply I managed to get the part from a fellow selling broke down a parts Ic on eBay. Kienzle could certainly have supplied the part and I suspect they may have made the enlargers in the first place...

Is Malcom Taylor still in business? I thought he had closed down. I did manage to get some cleaning done at Camera Repair Workshop in Milton Keynes though he couldn't completely rid them of haze. Still - did a good job at a fair price.

 

A

[Stealth3kpl]

Malcolm has decided to take on less work now but he's still at it. He maybe only takes on work from past customers, I don't know, but he might be interested in your project.

Pete

[apbphoto]

Thanks. I'll see if he is interested in some of my repairs and projects: I am keen to adapt some lenses to the Iic enlarger I just got (e.g. 60mm S-Orthoplanar and 90 APO Companion) if he is interested in a challenge! The former should be relatively straightforward but the latter might need cutting a new cam. If Kienzle can adapt 2 types of Schneider 60 and the 100 lenses it should be possible. I have asked them but got no reply...

Adrian