Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sherry Krauter lists herself as a Tiltall parts supplier/repairer, Perhaps she might have some of the older parts? Regards, Jem - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rolfe Tessem" <rolfe@ldp.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 1:45 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Tilt-all Parts Problem > > > --On Sunday, November 24, 2002 5:07 PM -0500 "John O. Newell" > <jnewell@attbi.com> wrote: > > > My old Leitz-made Tiltall has lost one of the rubber feet. > > Apparently the new manufacturer has changed the foot design > > (looks better, actually, but that's a different matter). > > Does anyone know where to obtain some suitable replacement? > > Looks like I need a 3/4" ID rubber cap. I thought it would > > be easy to find a replacement, but so far no luck. > > > > In the alternative, does anyone know what the thread on the > > new feet is? B&H sells the feet as replacement parts, but > > I'd need to thread the inside of the lower leg. I doubt I > > can walk into the local hardware store and get the right > > tap... :-( > > I'm not sure about the difference between the Leitz-labelled Tiltall and > the more recent ones, but the feet are definitely available as are the > other individual parts. If you do a Google search, you will turn up the > manufacturer (or it may be the importer) and they will tell you how to > place an order if you call them on the phone (there are some language > difficulties, as it is a far-eastern concern in Brooklyn I believe). It may > be that these are the same parts that B&H stocks, but perhaps they will be > able to supply parts for the older version as well. > > I thought that all the Tiltalls had interchangable parts, so the fact that > they do not is news to me. > > I went throught this drill a couple of years ago and the feet are so cheap > that I ordered a dozen while I was at it so as to avoid redoing the > exercise anytime soon :-). > > -- > Rolfe Tessem > rolfe@ldp.com > Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html