Hi Derby, When I needed to cut some little rubber gaskets with holes I went to a hobby shop and got some little pieces of brass tubing the right size. Sharpened the inside edge with a reamer and had cool little hole punches! About that red though......... :-/
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Derby Chang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 5:35 PM > To: Pentax Discuss > Subject: Reskinning 645 (work in progress) > > > > > Picked up the 645 quite cheaply on ebay, but it was missing the rubber > on the handgrip and battery compartment. Its a dull day outside today, > so I thought I'd reskin it. > > http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~derbyc/645/004.jpg > http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~derbyc/645/003.jpg > > I haven't quite finished yet. There's one more side to go. But I need to > figure out how to cleanly cut those little holes and the large tripod > hole. The leather is quite thick (and nicely grippy) but it is difficult > to cut cleanly. > > D > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~derbyc > >
