[Leica] IMG: Loupe, Clamp, and Map

[Douglas Barry]

Jim, I went to that engineering firm which is a treasure trove of lathes and 
other interesting spinning things. Very nice people there and we chatted 
about motorcycles, and particularly Velocettes. It transpired the owner has 
a father in law in his eighties who has a collection of vintage, veteran and 
classic motorcycles, including a couple of Velocettes. The owner mentioned 
that the man who services all his lathes is also a Velocette owner, and, in 
another case of nominative determinism, has the appropriate surname of 
Turner.

Anyway, I'll have a new leg for my little von der Gonna clamp next week, so 
thanks for your suggestion.

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 1:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Loupe, Clamp, and Map


> Thanks Jim, I'll put that in train tomorrow. I see that there's a light 
> engineering firm near enough to here, and I'll drop around to them with 
> the clamp, and see if they can oblige.
>
> On von der Gonna, I see that there was a man of that name as CEO of Certo 
> cameras in Dresden, Germany, so I'm assuming/speculating that the clamps 
> were produced by a subsidiary of Certo there. So, if that's true, then 
> there are lots of those clamps and their quite possibly intact legs lying 
> around the drawers of forgotten bureaus that were once owned by obscure 
> photographers of a disappeared East Germany. I feel a mini-series coming 
> on :-)
>
> Douglas
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 12:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Loupe, Clamp, and Map
>
>
>> Douglas,
>>
>> I'm not certain, from the photo, exactly what is broken, but it appears 
>> that one of the legs is broken at the root of the threads.  If that is 
>> the case, a machinist can drill the stub that is left in the hole, and 
>> use an "easy-out" to remove the broken end.  Then he should be able to 
>> thread a short rod to replace the leg.  It probably would not have the 
>> knurling on the leg, but it would certainly be serviceable.
>>
>> Just my two pence.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>> On 1/26/2017 5:35 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
>>> Broken von der Gonna camera clamp, with loupe, and map extract. Fuji 
>>> X100S. See Large.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Loupe+Clamp+and+Map.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Sadly my pre-war (I think) von der Gonna clamp which was handy, 
>>> pocketable, and very useful to mount cameras on, has had one drop too 
>>> many and one of its screw-in legs is broken. It will still work as a 
>>> clamp or can be screwed into a tree, but can't be used as a mini tripod. 
>>> I have searched the internet to try and find a replacement, but there's 
>>> nothing - even searching German sites. It may be the last one in 
>>> existence.... But then again, maybe not :-)
>>>
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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