Plaubel Makina 67 Battery Door
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Makina 67 battery door replacement
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If anybody needs a battery door replacement for the Plaubel Makina 67, I have just finished printing and installing the new door. Works fine even though its not perfect. Its a terribly designed camera to begin with with the worst battery door design.
Procedure to replace this is pretty straight forward. If you don't have the basic skills to do basic camera repair, you're on your own.
-Remove the 4 bellows frame screws from the front standard.
-Remove the front lens cone baffle (theres a set screw on the bottom that needs to be removed).
-Remove the 4 screws for the aperture dial
-Remove the 4 screws that hold down the shutter speed dial
-Take pictures of the wiring to the meter/resistor plate circuit. These wires have always been near end of life on every camera I've opened so very likely one will break.
-Swing the dials up like opening a book while leaving the wires still attached. Yes you can do the solder work, but I didn't find it necessary.
-Remove the 2 screws that hold down the aperture/iso rheostat plate
-Carefully lift the rheostat plate just enough to access the 4 screws that hold down the front standard plate. Be careful of the green wire. It is adhered to the lens barrel with a factory adhesive that will likely come lose. I used some UV epoxy to set tack it down for added security that it wouldnt come dislodged later.
-Remove the 4 screws for the front standard plate and swing it up just like the dials.
Now you have access to remove the battery door. Install the new one by sliding it under the spring on the bottom of the battery compartment. Make sure you've transferred the positive battery contact to the new part. I ended up just cutting the plastic posts off the 3d printed part and used some gel super glue to reset the terminal into the new part.
You will need to do some filing to fit your camera at the end of the tab. I made it oversized due to some cameras opening size differences.
Printing notes:
I tested both PLA and PETG. Both are suitable and kept them at standard print values with a 0.2 layer height. I cycled the hinge over 200 times without it breaking. That is probably 190 times more than you will ever open that door.