I keep looking for some kind of rubber plug the right size, that would be a
relatively easy and inexpensive way to do it. Looking at the original cap,
machining one would not be a particularly easy thing to do. For what it
needs to do the OM1 MD cap is really rather complex.
Garth Wood wrote:
> At 07:30 PM 12/4/2000 -0800, John Robison wrote:
> > I think you'r right Wayne, guess I was just venting
> >a measure of fustration that something so small can
> >cause such consternation. I actually have caps on my 2
> >OM-1 bodies but my heart goes out to those, especially
> > new to OM users, who cant find them. Now a question
> >to the whole list; is there anyone who is a machinest
> >and could look at a bayonet cap to see if a reasonable
> >substitute could be fabricated in some quanity and at
> >a affordable cost? John
>
> John:
>
> I was thinking that perhaps copies could be made out of nylon or some tough
> polymer, using an original cap as the template, and something like the
> "lost-wax" process to do a casting. I have no idea if this is feasible.
>
> Garth
>
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