Stripped a tiny screw on a shutter assembly, took me 4 hours to fix

I was working on an old Minolta yesterday and one of those tiny JIS screws on the shutter blade bracket just stripped out on me. Thought I could just drill it out quick, but nope. Ended up having to cut a slot with a dremel and use a flathead, took way longer than I planned. Has anyone else run into this with these old Japanese cameras?

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umar5919d ago

My buddy stripped a screw on a Pentax Spotmatic and had to epoxy a tiny nut onto it, took him five hours.

the_brian19d ago

Four hours on my end too with a similar JIS screw on a Canonet. I realized something halfway through though. That frustration, that tiny screw costing half a day of my life - it's the same feeling I get dealing with modern stuff. Like my phone's battery glued in, or cars that need a whole dashboard removal just to change a bulb. Everything's built to be disposable now. Back then, you could fix it if you had patience. Now companies design things so you can't even get to the screws. My point is, that stripped screw taught me more about planned obsolescence than any article did.

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