Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Vulcanite
From: "Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 09:52:15 -0500
References: <200011242238.OAA12875@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <001601c056cd$26403380$dd66989e@demon.co.uk> <3A1FBE65.40362E13@yahoo.com>

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
>
>
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Replies: Reply from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> (Re: [Leica] Vulcanite)
In reply to: Message from "Doug Richardson" <doug@meditor.demon.co.uk> ([Leica] Vulcanite)
Message from Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com> (Re: [Leica] Vulcanite)