Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dremel tools scare me more than guns. They rotate 100 times faster than a drill?! Forgetabout it!!! My thumb is missing just thinking about it. :) mark@rabinergroup.com Mark William Rabiner > From: Philip Forrest <photo.forrest@earthlink.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:19:04 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] IMG: bored, with a dremel tool > > I recently got a Canon 35mm f/2.0 lens in user condition cosmetically > with pristine glass and a very well-damped focusing helical. The lens > is smaller than I'd thought and proved to be a bit difficult to focus. > So I made my own focusing tab with a small slice of plexiglass 5mm > thick. It took about 40 minutes to contour the new tab with my Dremel > tool to fit the scallops on the Canon barrel. I painted it flat black > with a shot of spray paint I had lying around, then I used some sew-up > tubular tyre mastik (Vittoria Mastik'One) a.k.a. "rubber cement" to > adhere the tab to the lens. Here you go: > > http://tinyurl.com/63wm26 > > http://tinyurl.com/5zshy2 > > Phil Forrest > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information