The one you need to see is Tom A's RapidWinder, IMO. It's much better made
than the Voigtlander model. I'll bet if you talked to Tom, he might give you
some plans or hints or something to get you going.
BTW, you're quite brave.
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>Subject: [OM] RapidWinder for OM
> From: "Paul Krone" <paulkrone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:03:38 -0500
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>I am looking into making a rapidwinder for my OM-1n in the style of the
>Leica or Bessa.
>I shoot with my left eye and have always had the problem of taking the
>camera away from my eye to advance the film. I have a motor but like the
>quite of manual advance.
>I was hoping for some input on design from people who have used the
>aformentioned winders, or just want to put in their 2 cents. I am hoping to
>have to avoid purchasing a winder to copy.
>Manufacturing is not a problem, as we have a machine shop that does a lot of
>minute detail in bar stock aluminum.
>Just like fiddling with this stuff for my own purposes, but if other cameras
>can use them, why not the Oly? It does not appear that it would be that
>difficult, and I believe that it would enhance the OM-1n.
>Regards,
>Paul K.
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