Re: [Leica] Re: alignment tool, was <Walt, you are dead wrong>

[Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>]

Well.....now I am all confused, all over again.  If you need the same tool
to make the adjustment, top cover on or off, then why take off the cover?

Dan C.

At 09:52 AM 04-11-00 -0800, Jim Brick wrote:
>At 12:05 PM 11/4/00 -0500, Dan Cardish wrote:
>>Walt, now that we have definitively and forever determined that it is not
>>necessary to remove the top plate ever, ever, ever, is removing the top
>>plate and adjusting the vertical alignment a job that can be done by the
>>non-technically minded among us, as an alternative to getting this special
>>tool that Jim has?   
>>
>>Dan C.
>
>Dan,
>
>The "peg hole and eccentric slot" that is used for adjusting the vertical
>alignment doesn't go away by removing the top plate. It still requires the
>special tool, unless someone wants to "kludge" something up to work. Not me
>though as it is a very specialized adjustment mechanism and is best served
>by using the exact tool that the designers intended.
>
>Jim
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