DrT's Red Button Service
I can make your Stereo Realist red button viewer look like NEW at the outside:
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But work BETTER THAN NEW in the inside!
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This is a brief summary of the work I can do with these viewers:
1. Standard service ($60 - plus return shipping, $8 in USA)
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Disassemble viewer completely
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Paint interior of lamp compartment
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Install a frosted halogen bulb
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Clean lenses
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Clean electrical contacts (to eliminate flickering)
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Do repairs as needed (including gluing any cracks)
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Lubricate key parts while putting back together
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Clean and polish case and logo
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Repaint logo
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Put 4 friction pads at the bottom of the viewer to minimize wear
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Put everything back together
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Check with a stereo slide for proper operation
2. "The WORKS" ($85 plus return shipping, $8 in USA ) - Everything above, plus:
Enlarge the apertures (there are two sets of apertures) for 8p (full frame viewing). This will allow you to view the widest RBT mount (33mm apertures) without any image cutoff. Very convenient and necessary if you work with modern SLR cameras, RBT cameras, FED, Belplasca, etc. No difference if you only view Realist format slides. See here for more information on wide viewing: www.realistrepair.com/wide.htm
In the pictures above, notice how the apertures are wider and brighter, compared to an unmodified viewer (upper left) and how the NEW reflector extends beyond the edge for shadow-free viewing of full-frame stereo slides.
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Halogen frosted bulb installed in either service (extra bulbs are an additional $6) for uniform and bright & white light. I recommend these bulbs for any stereo slide viewer that runs on a pair of batteries.
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IMO, this is the BEST 1950s stereo slide viewer!
My turn-around time varies from 2-4 weeks. Contact me via email if you have any questions or need the viewer sooner.
If you are mailing a Realist red button viewer to me, please pack well (the viewer is fragile) and REMOVE THE BATTERIES FROM THE VIEWER. Include a check for the payment and mail the viewer to:
George
Themelis
10243 Echo Hill Drive
Brecksville OH 44141
440-666-4006
drt-3d@live.com
www.drt3d.com
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more information, please check my Realist Red Button web page:
www.realistviewer.com
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Or
my very detailed book on the Stereo Realist red button viewer ($20) found at:
www.drt3d.com
Unsolicited Testimony:
"The repaired viewer has just arrived and I am in awe at the job you did. I made the mistake of showing it to my wife and she immediately grabbed it and started looking at our 1953 wedding slides. It is amazing how young and thin the new bulb makes us look. Many thanks for converting a corroded box of plastic into a virtually "new" viewer. I'm sure we'll have many happy hours with it." - Shel Jacobs
"To say I was impressed with the job you did on my red button Realist viewer would be an understatement. It is like a completely new viewer." - Pauline Sweezey
"It's a beautiful job! Besides looking nearly new, the improvements to the light intensity and uniformity is amazing! Thanks again for your excellent work." - Greg Wageman
"Oooohhh! Aaaaahhh! Wow! (Insert 7p slide) Oooohhh! Aaaaahhh! Wow!" - Bruce Rosenmberger
"My gorgeous clean bright beautiful Realist red dot viewer is home where it belongs. Thank you, thank you, for the fine job you did cleaning it and enhancing it!" - Erlys Jedlicka
"The viewer is 3D-lightful! I looked at the Beta-10 folio with it last night and this improvement is astounding. I especially enjoyed seeing the entire 7p images instead of the cropped view I used to see. My other (ST-61) viewer, which is armed with a frosted halogen bulb you sent me, just does not compare to the supercharged unit." Ted Welker
Updated: May 2010