{"id":14647,"date":"2017-09-10T13:42:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T11:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atmos-atelier.de\/?p=14647"},"modified":"2026-10-29T11:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:31:18","slug":"locking-the-calibre-540-for-shipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atmos-atelier.de\/en\/2017\/09\/10\/locking-the-calibre-540-for-shipping\/","title":{"rendered":"Cor\u00adrect\u00adly locking the Calib\u00adre 540 for shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent months it has hap\u00adpen\u00aded quite often that an ATMOS Calib\u00adre 540 \u201cClas\u00adsic\u201d was sent to us that had not been locked cor\u00adrect\u00adly. (The Clas\u00adsic is the 540 with a matt base and frame and polished colum\u00adns.) This led to (avo\u00adida\u00adble) trans\u00adport dama\u00adge, and the service\/repair work was in some cases con\u00adsider\u00ada\u00adb\u00adly grea\u00adter as a result.<br>\nSo here are a few tips in case you also own an Atmos Calib\u00adre 540. Plea\u00adse note the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing:<br>\nWhen locking the ATMOS Calib\u00adre 540 in par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar (pro\u00addu\u00adced 1984\u20131987), the locking lever below the dial must be pushed to the right all the way to the \u201cstop\u201d. The main pro\u00adblem: the last third may be stiff, but it is important, becau\u00adse on most models the lever clicks into a kind of invi\u00adsi\u00adble \u201ccam\u201d. Only then is the pen\u00addulum secu\u00adred and unable to \u201cratt\u00adle around loo\u00adse\u201d during trans\u00adport \u2013 as we have unfort\u00adu\u00adna\u00adte\u00adly seen seve\u00adral&nbsp;times.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4528 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/atmos-atelier.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0853-2048x1365-1-300x200.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atmos-atelier.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0853-2048x1365-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atmos-atelier.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0853-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atmos-atelier.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0853-2048x1365-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atmos-atelier.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0853-2048x1365-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/atmos-atelier.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0853-2048x1365-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4530 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/atmos-atelier.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0855-2048x1365-1-300x200.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atmos-atelier.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0855-2048x1365-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atmos-atelier.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0855-2048x1365-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atmos-atelier.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0855-2048x1365-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atmos-atelier.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0855-2048x1365-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/atmos-atelier.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0855-2048x1365-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/p>\n<p>The dama\u00adge is then&nbsp;often:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a torn tor\u00adsi\u00adon pen\u00addulum spring<\/li>\n<li>a bent or bro\u00adken fine regu\u00adla\u00adting tube\/regulating sleeve<\/li>\n<li>and last but not least, almost always a bent pal\u00adlet&nbsp;fork<\/li>\n<li>a dama\u00adged locking mechanism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This must be avo\u00adided by <strong>cor\u00adrect locking<\/strong>!<br>\nThat is why many of the\u00adse cali\u00adbres have a small attach\u00adment with a rub\u00adber stop\u00adper on the locking lever, which is meant to stop it \u201csli\u00adding back\u201d when the glass panel is clo\u00adsed. Unfort\u00adu\u00adna\u00adte\u00adly, this part tends to get lost over time\u2026\u2026!<br>\nThe ATMOS Ely\u00ads\u00e9e has a polished base, frame and colum\u00adns and the addi\u00adtio\u00adnal locking screw in the base pla\u00adte. If you tigh\u00adten it \u201cgent\u00adly\u201d with your fin\u00adgers, all is well and hard\u00adly any\u00adthing can go&nbsp;wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent months it has hap\u00adpen\u00aded quite often that an ATMOS Calib\u00adre 540 \u201cClas\u00adsic\u201d was sent to us that had not been locked cor\u00adrect\u00adly. (The Clas\u00adsic is the 540 with a matt base and frame and polished colum\u00adns.) 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