Leitz 2-blade 8x10" easel part needed

[naciobrown]

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Probably an impossible quest: looking for one of the round black knobs used to tighten the blade position on the 2-blade 8x10" easel.

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[M.Hilo]

Bring it to any decent hardware store . . . they'll have it or can order it

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[M.Hilo]

In retrospect I was wrong:

for the wooden Leitz easels the black knob must come with 1) the shoulder screw and 2) a counter bolt that's more like a small rectangular plate with the proper screwthread. This plate's sides are made to fit this piece inside the sliding system of the blades . . .

What I had in mind before is the round black knob that sits on the lever of the clamping system of the Focomat IIc: same knob but with the screwthread inside it. That one I recently got  in a hardware store. But it wouldn't have worked for the Leitz easel.

 

[Richardgb]

It will probably take longer to source an exact replacement of the knob than to find something that will do the job.

As suggested above, a decent hardware shop may be able to help, but in any case will most likely to determine the thread size. Being 'Leica' it's almost certainly a standard metric size - and it's more than likely that Leica themselves didn't make the part anyway.

Many manufacturers supply "standard parts" - just search online using this term and you'll find many such offerings. For example (I have no connection to the company), scroll down this page and you'll see something familiar.

[M.Hilo]

Richard, you will be happy to know I actually found both the black knob and  the counter part that locks inside the blades . . .

all okay!