Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Find a polariser that is too large then have your friendly optician / optometrist grind it to the right size. John Collier > From: Jem Kime <jem.kime@cwcom.net> > > Maybe Bostik is not a brand available in the US... > The polariser I'm 'fettling' is a larger one, 13359, and I've found that a > 48mm is too small, hopefully I'll find a common 49mm will do the trick! The > 13359 though is funny filter size itself though and requires some lens to > be bought to fit it onto, or an adapter to be found to fit it onto another > lens! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kip Babington [SMTP:cbabing3@swbell.net] > > Jem - > > If you're trying to replace the glass in a 13352, I found that a 46mm > Tiffen > is just about the right size. It is JUST a smidge too big, but has a > somewhat rounded edge. I figure that if I grind that off square, probably > using a small diamond file under running water to flush away debris, it > ought > to fit into the little metal frame fine. > > Thanks for the thought on the glue. Is this routinely available at > hardware > stores? Or somewhere else? I'm not a glue man, so the name doesn't ring > any > bells. > >>Jem Kime wrote: >> >> Kip, >> I've got half way through a restoration like this. (I'm still looking for >> the right size polarised disc) but reckon that Bostik clear looks a very >> similar match to whats been used. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kip Babington [SMTP:cbabing3@swbell.net] >> >> I am in the process of replacing the polarizing glass in an older model >> (13352) polarizing hood. The original has separated badly, so I'm >> taking the glass out of a new non-Leitz polarizing filter to use as a >> substitute. (No filter flames please.) The original glass had a thin >> metal rim which was glued on. I softened the glue enough to get the >> original glass out by just holding it under the hot water faucet for a >> few minutes. Now I'd like to glue the rim to the new glass, but be able >> to remove it too (just in case). I need to attach the rim because the >> new glass is too thin for the retaining ring inside the hood to clamp >> down on - the metal rim will give the whole assembly the proper >> thickness. >> >> What sort of glue is available that would hold on both glass and metal, >> but could be undone about as easily as the original? >>