Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wilbur, if you use lock nuts and a lock washer, you'll never need locktite. If you use locktite, it might be forever! On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Wilbur Norman <coupdefoudrellc at gmail.com> wrote: > Sonny, if you ever do that, use some Loctite on the nuts: > > Is that jingle I hear in your camera bag loose coins ?.? > > Wilbur > > > > ************** > > On Dec 26, 2014, at 9:57 AM, Sonny Carter wrote: > > > I think if I were home-building a rig to hold two lenses worth several > > thousand dollars each together, I'd invest in drilling a hole between the > > two caps and poking a fifty cent stainless steel bolt through the hole, > and > > secure it with a twenty cent stainless steel lock washer and a thity cent > > stainless steel lock nut. > > > > Just my two cents worth of advice. > > > > On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Wilbur Norman < > coupdefoudrellc at gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Thanks for the glue tip, Mark. > >> Wilbur > >> > >> ******************** > >> On Dec 25, 2014, at 11:30 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> > >>> A&B Epoxy. And rough up the flat edges of the lens back caps first. > >>> > >>> > >>> On 12/25/14 12:38 PM, "Wilbur Norman" <coupdefoudrellc at gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> You can buy a purpose-built back-to-back Leica lens cap device for > >> about $8. > >>>> Many of them have no septum/solid wall between them, however, so you > >> always > >>>> need to have two lenses attached so as to not get dust into the back > of > >> the > >>>> one lens. I usually only carry 3 lenses so one is on the camera and > two > >> are > >>>> stashed back-to-back so an open wall between the rear of the lenses is > >> not a > >>>> big problem. If going to a dusty place the type with a wall will be > >>>> (obviously) best. > >>>> > >>>> I have glued two rear lens caps together but some glue tends to dry > out > >> over > >>>> time. I once nearly dropped lenses when that old glue disintegrated. I > >> am > >>>> going to experiment with Gorila Glue on this next attempt (but for > Fuji > >>>> lenses, not Leica ones as I already have two manufactured ones for the > >> Leica > >>>> lenses.) > >>>> > >>>> Wilbur > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ************** > >>>> On Dec 24, 2014, at 3:13 PM, RicCarter wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> me, too > >>>>> > >>>>> be sure to use one of the A/B epoxies to hold against the stress and > >> strain > >>>>> > >>>>> ric > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> On Dec 24, 2014, at 5:05 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> > >> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> So I glued two M rear lens caps back to back (made 2 sets of them) > >> and now I > >>>>>> can easily stash them in the tall spaces without having to worry > >> about them > >>>>>> bouncing on top of one another > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> 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 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Mark William Rabiner > >>> Photographer > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Sonny > > http://sonc.com/look/ > > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > 1714 > > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > > > USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA