Then you just have to get a replacement part <grin>. I have one of those
Chinese filter ring vises you mentioned, the only advantage to it over
your solution that I can see is that it is a bit more portable.
graywolf
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Don Sanderson wrote:
The only time I have a problem with the threads is when a prior
owner has used pliers in an attempt to straighten the ring. ;(
If they're not too badly damaged I use a sharp icepick to fix
them.
The one thing that can't be fixed is when the impact was from
the front and actually compressed the ring and threads,
pretty hopeless then.
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: David Savage [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 8:49 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: OT: My latest invention.
I love this sort of ingenuity.
Do you ever have to use a thread file on damage threads? Or is
straightening the filter ring usually good enough?
Thanks for posting it Don.
Dave S.
On 4/17/06, Don Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi All;
I've been playing camera repairman again for the past several weeks
and have gotten very tired of straightening bent filter rings via the
"tap tap" method.
Not wanting to shell out $100.00+ for a good ring tool, or $40.00 for
a crappy Chinese one, I came up with this:
http://www.donsauction.com/pdml/LensGizmo.jpg
A $14.99 benchtop vise from the local home center and some
screws and scrap wood.
A few minutes work and I can make any size "jaws" I need.
The rather lovely Hi-Matic 7s in the picture was badly bent, a
few minutes later, as you can see, filters mount again!
Thought someone might get some use out of this.
(It's pretty handy as a bench vise too!) ;-)
Don
