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[hsandler]

I just acquired a Century Graphic. It works, but it seems that the focus rack only extends about 1 cm past the end of the door. I see that what appears to be stopping further extension is a ridge on the outside of the inner focus track hits a raised portion of the door frame (see photo). It appears like this is by design, but I can see there is a lot more to the rack and pinion, perhaps 4cm more extension possible. Any help or photos of another Century would be appreciated.

[/img]century track_9849 by Howard Sandler, on Flickr

century track_9848 by Howard Sandler, on Flickr

[Henry]

The total extension of my Century bed is 3 cm. I think what's happened on yours is the same thing that happened on mine when I was a newbie---the front door has been closed before the rack was fully retracted into the camera body with bellows fully retracted, bending the black rail guide such that it interferes with the travel of the rack. I can't really see this detail from your second photo, though.

[hsandler]

[Henry]

What I did on mine was to take a small brass washer (out of my model railroad supplies!) and install it under the screw head (your second photo). The washer holds the guide rail in the proper position so it doesn't interfere with the travel of the rack. I blackened the washer with a magic marker to match the guide rail.

[mmalloy1947]

I have been struggling with the same problem, I think. The tracks pop out of the guides. The short piece in the body is blocked hard by something that prevents it being low, in alignment with the other tracks. I don't know how to share pictures here. https://1drv.ms/i/s!AoPXrnWRv21Uk79pAZA91-3vJWvnnw?