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Photo Forum / Film Photography / Darkroom / December 2005Durst repair in NYC?
My trusty Durst Pictochrom is having keyboard issues: some of the keys stick and I have to press a few times to get a response, and some other minor electrical issues. Can anyone recommend a local (NYC) repair shop? I contacted Jobo USA but I now understand they are defunct. Is that true? Judging by their lack of response it is.  SignatureIt is not our patriotic duty to send children to be butchered & slaughtered & to butcher & slaughter others every time a general or a politician gets a hardon for a war. Rather, it is our patriotic duty to demand the highest burden of proof to justify war. > My trusty Durst Pictochrom is having keyboard issues: some of the keys stick > and I have to press a few times to get a response, and some other minor > electrical issues. Can anyone recommend a local (NYC) repair shop? I > contacted Jobo USA but I now understand they are defunct. Is that true? > Judging by their lack of response it is. Try Photo Lab Equipt and Repairs on Staten Island (I believe thats correct) Lindsay Krim is who you want, I don't have his phone but you can call or email Omega Satter they may still have his phone. He does business calls on premises. Signature"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 www.gregblankphoto(dot)com >> My trusty Durst Pictochrom is having keyboard issues: some of the keys >> stick [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > He does business calls on premises. Thanks for the suggestion Gregory but I am unable to find contact info. I called Omega-Satter but they "have nothing to do with Durst" according to the person who answered the phone. Natural Light Black and White Photography http://mysite.verizon.net/vze76ane/ -George- > Thanks for the suggestion Gregory but I am unable to find contact info. I > called Omega-Satter but they "have nothing to do with Durst" according to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > http://mysite.verizon.net/vze76ane/ > -George- Don't mention Durst- call back and ask if they have the phone # for Lindsay Krim. Signature"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 www.gregblankphoto(dot)com > My trusty Durst Pictochrom is having keyboard issues: some of the keys stick > and I have to press a few times to get a response, 50,000,000 cycle switches are easily available and cost only a few cents more [and sometimes less] than some 10,000 cycle "cheapy". Of this clients are made. > Can anyone recommend a local (NYC) repair shop? This isn't my usual line of business, but I may be able to replace the switches; email if you want. Chances are that only the original designed-in switch can be fitted, though. Contact cleaner can help in some cases, but if the switches are sealed [to keep dirt in and cleaner out] or are membrane or rubber/elastomer switches then contact cleaner won't help. If the keys are rubber you can often restore things by taking the blighter apart and gently cleaning off the contact pads on the printed circuit board with a -new- Pink Pearl eraser. Scrub the back of the rubber key thingy with dish soap and hot water - or just let it run through the dishwasher with the next load of dishes. SignatureNicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics. To reply, remove spaces: n o lindan at ix . netcom . com Fstop timer - http://www.nolindan.com/da/fstop/index.htm Too true! Many IT departments have dishwashers so they can clean all the latte and capuchino out of PC keyboards. I suspect that you want to use the top rack only and air dry rather than heat dry. If the keyboard is other that the usual looking PC type keyboard I'd think twice about trying this trick. Mike > > My trusty Durst Pictochrom is having keyboard issues: some of the keys stick > > and I have to press a few times to get a response, [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > the back of the rubber key thingy with dish soap and hot water - > or just let it run through the dishwasher with the next load of dishes. |
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