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 > >
