Good job!
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
http://www.zuiko.com | omtech1 AT verizon.net
Brynjar Berg wrote:
> Hi John!
> Thank you very much for that information. In view of the prohibitive cost
> of transferring money to the U.S. from Norway I decided to make a repair to
> the blocks I had.
>
> I machined opposing wedges into the aluminum carrier and the broken off
> nylon part and filled the wedges with plastic steel, then held the part in
> place until it hardened. (Sketched below, XX denotes plastic steel filled
> wedges (slightly steeper angles).)
>
> ___ ________
> | ||nylon /
> | /\ /
> | /XX\ /
> | \XX/ /
> | \/ /
> | ||__/_______
> | || \break
> | || in nylon
> | ||__________
> |Aluminum
> |_______________
>
> Thus, when tightening the opposing setscrew the broken off part of the nylon
> block is held securely in place by the hardened plastic steel wedge with no
> movement possible, more securely in place the harder you tighten the
> setscrew.
>
> Granted, the spares would be nicer, but the repair is invisible and should
> essentially last forever.
>
> Best regards,
> Brynjar
>
> John Hermanson wrote:
>> I still sell them. CB1038 (2 per bellows) CB1039 (1 per bellows) $30
>> each + S&H.
> and
> <I should have added that these are 2 parts that (as far as pricing goes)
> <Olympus went mercenary on years ago. Net used to be about $4.50 each.
> <I remember when 2-13 screens were still available as a 3Ti repair part
> <(LC448100). One day an order came in, had 17 screens in it, my wife
> <(the book keeper) said "should I pay this focus screen bill for $1700?
> <Holy sh*t, the day before, the screens HAD been about $15 ea. $15 to
> <$100 in one jump. I may have over reacted, but a quick email to the
> <Olympus CEO got that price back in line.
>
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