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Author Message   Mr_flibble Tinkerer Username: Mr_flibble Post Number: 76 Registered: 10-2011 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 01:53 pm:    It was a tough job, but I got the rangefinder back into a remotely usable condition. I mounted the camera on a heavy tripod (actually one for a big film camera) Removed all the old glue from everything. I then used a slow-setting glue to attached the right mirror. And I played with it so that I could at least see the two prongs the second mirror is normally stuck to. Then I attached the second mirror and fiddled and prodded it until the image was as close as I could get it aligned with the object 8 feet away (a section of my garden wall). I waited for the glue to set and checked the focus again. Then I cleaned the mirrors before reassembling the camera. Vertical alignment is still a little off, but nothing serious! Pfew, this one had me worried for a second. Thanks again for the advice on this fix Wonloo!