Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It sounds like a good idea in theory, but in practice it might be like putting a jigsaw puzzle together. The trick would be getting the vulcanite off in one piece. Mike D - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Javier Perez" <summarex@yahoo.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Vulcanite > Hi > As a way of preventing > vulcanite loss in the future, it might be a good idea > to strip all the vulcanite off a camera with strong solvent and readhere > it using epoxy. Not only would the bond be super stong > but it should last until well past the next shift of > the magnetic north. > I don't think anyone is doing this presently. > See Ya > Javier > > > > Doug Richardson wrote: > > > From: Dante A Stella <dante@umich.edu> wrote: > > > > >It [vulcanite] was a poor choice of material... > > > > We know that now, but back in the 1920s when the Leica was designed it > > looked like a good idea. It was much harder wearing than leather or > > leatherette finishes, and kept its visual appearance over decades. > > > > Here the the UK, in the 1960s cameras with cracked or missing > > vulcanite were rarely seen in the windows of your nearest friendly > > Leica dealer, which suggested that the material was good for at least > > two or three decades. Today, our screw-mount Leicas are at least 40 > > years old, and many M2 and M3 cameras must be of similar vintage... > > and the 'vulcanite disease' has become only too familiar. I wonder how > > the covering of today's M6s will look in 2040? > > > > Regards, > > > > Doug Richardson > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > >