Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great to hear, Frank! Make sure you let it cure for 24 hours before you start using the caps. I know this is a case of belt and suspenders, but we are talking expensive lenses here ;-) Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator YNWA On 27 Dec 2014, at 07:20, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > Update.... > > Epoxy seems to be holding... Looks Good! > > Thanks Nathan for the idea and implementation idea... the sanding off of > all > the protruding bits worked ncely.... > Effectively I glued 2 flat backs together..... > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net > > > >> I just finished epoxying the 2 caps together. I first sanded off the >> back of both caps. Thuis was done by sanding the backs against a flat >> plate ( >> MDF) that had glued on sandpaper. Took about 3 minutes to sand off >> the backs evenly. >> >> More to follow.... >> >> Frank Filippone >> Red735i at verizon.net >> >> 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. >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >