[Leica] Dent! Help Request - suggestion.

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

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Here's a rough sketch of what you might use - shouldn't be too hard to 
run it up in a home workshop, a couple of pieces of hard wood or 
aluminium, a long bolt and a few retaining nuts.
Fix the bolt in the small segment - which is a little too big on my 
sketch (strip the thread off it - it will still have to turn without 
moving its segment), either screw thread the large segment, or if your 
using wood countersink a couple of nuts into it and screw the bolt 
through it. Fix some kind of turning mechanism. a wing-nut or similar on 
the end. If you turn it it should press the small segment against the 
dent. The size of the large segment stops it distorting the whole hood
Cheers
Douglas


G Hopkinson wrote:
> David, I know that companies such as http://www.micro-tools.com/4.html
> sell specialist tools for straightening lens rings etc. Maybe worth a look?
>
> Best of luck getting it sorted out. It's one of the most unpleasant sounds 
> when good gear succumbs to that pesky gravity.
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
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> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> David Young
> Sent: Friday, 12 January 2007 07:55
> To: leicareflex@freelists.org; leicareflex@freelists.org; 
> lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Dent! Help Request.
>
> Finally got my R8+DMR back, from Germany, today; so I went down to 
> the lake, to take some shots, both as a test of the camera and as 
> exposure tests for this weekend's Pond Hockey Tournament.
>
> While there, the lens (my 80~200/f4 Vario Elmar) flew off the camera 
> - apparently on it's own!
>
> I don't know whether I had not got it firmly mounted, when I put it 
> on, or if my gloved fingers (it's -12  just now) accidentally 
> released the lock.  No matter... either way it's my fault.
>
> The lens hit the ice hard, but seems to be absolutely OK, except for 
> a bad dent in the lens hood.
>
> So, my question is... is there a good system to restore a lens hood 
> to some semblance of round, while it's still on the lens?
>
> All help greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
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> David Young,
> Logan Lake, CANADA
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