Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think if I were home-building a rig to hold two lenses worth several thousand dollars each together, I'd invest in drilling a hole between the two caps and poking a fifty cent stainless steel bolt through the hole, and secure it with a twenty cent stainless steel lock washer and a thity cent stainless steel lock nut. Just my two cents worth of advice. On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Wilbur Norman <coupdefoudrellc at gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the glue tip, Mark. > Wilbur > > ******************** > On Dec 25, 2014, at 11:30 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > A&B Epoxy. And rough up the flat edges of the lens back caps first. > > > > > > On 12/25/14 12:38 PM, "Wilbur Norman" <coupdefoudrellc at gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> You can buy a purpose-built back-to-back Leica lens cap device for > about $8. > >> Many of them have no septum/solid wall between them, however, so you > always > >> need to have two lenses attached so as to not get dust into the back of > the > >> one lens. I usually only carry 3 lenses so one is on the camera and two > are > >> stashed back-to-back so an open wall between the rear of the lenses is > not a > >> big problem. If going to a dusty place the type with a wall will be > >> (obviously) best. > >> > >> I have glued two rear lens caps together but some glue tends to dry out > over > >> time. I once nearly dropped lenses when that old glue disintegrated. I > am > >> going to experiment with Gorila Glue on this next attempt (but for Fuji > >> lenses, not Leica ones as I already have two manufactured ones for the > Leica > >> lenses.) > >> > >> Wilbur > >> > >> > >> ************** > >> On Dec 24, 2014, at 3:13 PM, RicCarter wrote: > >> > >>> me, too > >>> > >>> be sure to use one of the A/B epoxies to hold against the stress and > strain > >>> > >>> ric > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Dec 24, 2014, at 5:05 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> So I glued two M rear lens caps back to back (made 2 sets of them) > and now I > >>>> can easily stash them in the tall spaces without having to worry > about them > >>>> bouncing on top of one another > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Mark William Rabiner > > Photographer > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA