[Leica] Success in Separating Adapters

[Mark Rabiner]

Or put on a pair of rubber gloves then put the adaptor under a lot of hot
running water then turn it off.


On 3/21/15 2:20 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> 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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