Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Glad it worked out for you, Douglas. Nice people are more plentiful than we sometimes think. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 1/28/2017 6:09 AM, Douglas Barry wrote: > Jim, I went to that engineering firm which is a treasure trove of > lathes and other interesting spinning things. Very nice people there > and we chatted about motorcycles, and particularly Velocettes. It > transpired the owner has a father in law in his eighties who has a > collection of vintage, veteran and classic motorcycles, including a > couple of Velocettes. The owner mentioned that the man who services > all his lathes is also a Velocette owner, and, in another case of > nominative determinism, has the appropriate surname of Turner. > > Anyway, I'll have a new leg for my little von der Gonna clamp next > week, so thanks for your suggestion. > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 1:47 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Loupe, Clamp, and Map > > >> Thanks Jim, I'll put that in train tomorrow. I see that there's a >> light engineering firm near enough to here, and I'll drop around to >> them with the clamp, and see if they can oblige. >> >> On von der Gonna, I see that there was a man of that name as CEO of >> Certo cameras in Dresden, Germany, so I'm assuming/speculating that >> the clamps were produced by a subsidiary of Certo there. So, if >> that's true, then there are lots of those clamps and their quite >> possibly intact legs lying around the drawers of forgotten bureaus >> that were once owned by obscure photographers of a disappeared East >> Germany. I feel a mini-series coming on :-) >> >> Douglas >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 12:20 AM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Loupe, Clamp, and Map >> >> >>> Douglas, >>> >>> I'm not certain, from the photo, exactly what is broken, but it >>> appears that one of the legs is broken at the root of the threads. >>> If that is the case, a machinist can drill the stub that is left in >>> the hole, and use an "easy-out" to remove the broken end. Then he >>> should be able to thread a short rod to replace the leg. It >>> probably would not have the knurling on the leg, but it would >>> certainly be serviceable. >>> >>> Just my two pence. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> On 1/26/2017 5:35 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: >>>> Broken von der Gonna camera clamp, with loupe, and map extract. >>>> Fuji X100S. See Large. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Loupe+Clamp+and+Map.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sadly my pre-war (I think) von der Gonna clamp which was handy, >>>> pocketable, and very useful to mount cameras on, has had one drop >>>> too many and one of its screw-in legs is broken. It will still work >>>> as a clamp or can be screwed into a tree, but can't be used as a >>>> mini tripod. I have searched the internet to try and find a >>>> replacement, but there's nothing - even searching German sites. It >>>> may be the last one in existence.... But then again, maybe not :-) >>>> >>>> Douglas >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >