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Subject: [Leica] Have you ever taken apart a 5cm SBOOI finder? Now hamfisted repair
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest)
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:50:21 -0500
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USE HEAT!
The heat from a soldering iron should be sufficient to soften up the
cement in the finder housing. 
Phil Forrest



On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:35:41 -0500
Vick Ko <vick.ko at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Judging from examining one, I think you are right.
> 
> I need to sacrifice one.  So, I'll get out the files and saws.
> 
> Vick
> 
> 
> On 1/11/2011 11:32 PM, Phil Forrest wrote:
> > I believe the optical elements are cemented inside the housing.
> > I read somewhere that between DAG and John Van Stelten, the success
> > rate of cleaning the finders that were cemented then rebuilding
> > them was alarmingly low. Not something like 20% but a failure rate
> > of maybe 1 in 10 or more. Still a large number of non-repairables.
> > That is just hearsay though from the internet (so you know it has
> > to be true... ;) )
> >
> > Phil Forrest
> >
> 
> 
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In reply to: Message from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] Have you ever taken apart a 5cm SBOOI finder?)
Message from photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest) ([Leica] Have you ever taken apart a 5cm SBOOI finder?)
Message from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] Have you ever taken apart a 5cm SBOOI finder?)