Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting but I don?t have the ability to do it?.. Thanks for the information Lluis > El 25 set 2024, a les 3:17, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> va escriure: > > I has an M3 that I stripped of its Vulcanite and put on a simple vinyl > sheet likeecovering I got from a man on EBay. > > The vulcanite is hard.... and remarkably "chippy". It took a lot of > effort to remove. > > I did have the giuts CLA,,and I dd the body work while waiting for the CLA > to be finished. You do need to remove the guts from the body shell. > > After the vulcanite was removed, I needed to wash down the body with > something ( alcohol? or was it something more.... toxic?) to allow the > glue from the new skin to adhere. > > > Is it hard? NO > > Is it fussy? YES > > Can YOU do it? depends..... it is worth a try....... > > Se here for something similar to what I bought..... > > https://tinyurl.com/4j523re6 > > > > Frank Filippone > BMWRed735i at Gmail.com > > On 9/24/2024 2:28 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: >> Don't have an M6 and am wondering how do you know its birthday? However, >> my M3 passed 60 years old last year and is looking its age. Its vulcanite >> is cracked, missing a small piece and needs a new suit of clothes. Has >> anybody on this list changed the vulcanite on theirs? It might be a >> winter job for me. >> I also have a 1941-42 lllc which is looking and working well. >> >> Mind you, I haven't put a roll through them for at least ten years, but >> must do before new year. >> >> Douglas >> >> On 24/09/2024 15:31, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote: >>> Happy Birthday Leica M6! >>> >>> Today my M6 is 27 years old, still very young, my IIIF is 70 years old! >>> I hope that digital artifacts has also a long life! >>> #LeicaM6#lluisripollphotography >>> >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Leica_M6.jpg.html> >>> >>> Saludos cordiales >>> Lluis >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information