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bobphillips001
Joined: 10 Feb 2022
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 5:24 pm   Post subject: Part missing from Kalart?

I have a 4x5 Crown Graphic with a side mount Kalart synchronized rangefinder. It appears to have a part missing. The top of the rangefinder has a hole with three notches. Looking down into that hole I am able to focus. It is impossible however to do this with the Graphlite mounted. Photographs I am seeing show an angled piece fitted on the top of the rangefinder. Suggestions on what I am missing and where I might find a replacement?
45PSS
Joined: 28 Sep 2001
Posts: 4081
PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 8:15 pm

look at the last page of the kalart manual https://graflex.org/speed-graphic/kalart-manual.html

There is a plate that attaches with a screw to cover the hole when a Focuspot is not installed. Make a plate from .015-.020 steel, aluminum, brass painted flat black.
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