I think everyone here is too quick to toss old shutters

I was up at a shop in Portland last month helping a guy go through a box of old Kodak Retina parts, and he pulled out a shutter that looked like it had seen better days. Everyone in the room told him to just scrap it and get a modern replacement. But I spent about 45 minutes cleaning out the old gunk, re-lubing the right spots, and adjusting the spring tension. That shutter came back to life and fired perfectly at every speed. I just don't get why we're so quick to ditch the old stuff when a little patience can fix it. Has anyone else had a shutter you saved that others said was toast?

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patriciacarr3mo ago

Does anyone actually consider the environmental cost of tossing old shutters?

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williams903mo ago

Tbh the way we treat old stuff like shutters is part of a bigger problem where nobody thinks about where things end up. People just throw stuff in the trash without a second thought, like it magically disappears. It's the same with old furniture, electronics, even clothes - we act like there's no cost to just tossing it. But every single thing in a landfill adds up over time. Makes you wonder how many old shutters are sitting in dumps right now, slowly rotting.

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