[Leica] Success in Separating Adapters

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Frank, but the 1 mm edge of an LTM/M adapter can't be gripped by 
anything I know of that won't leave tool marks.  Your pads would 
probably work fine, but duct tape was closer at hand. :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 3/21/2015 1:10 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:
> This can also be done with silicone pot holders, rubber bottle openers, etc.
> Place pad on table, put stuck items face down on pad, turn.  Should work
> fine.
>
> An even older trick was to use 2 elastic bands.... big ones.... place one
> around each of the 2 parts to separate, around each part with a big loop on
> the outside, tighten, turn one relative to the other, and that sometimes
> works even better, especially for this items like filters that are stuck
> together.....
>
> What does not work is trying to grab one relative to the other and
> turning.... but you learn that one rather quickly.....
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
>
>
> I have had a Voigtlander LTM/M adapter stuck in another adapter for about a
> year.  Finally, today, I decided to separate the two pieces.  I tore off
> about 6 or 7 inches of duct tape and folded them, sticky side out, to make
> loop.  I stuck one side to my work bench and placed the Voigtlander adapter
> against the sticky surface.  With a strong twist, they separated.  No
> scratches or tool marks on either piece!
>
> I thought this might be useful to someone else.
>
>
>
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