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     Glenn Tinkerer Username: Glenn Post Number: 1091 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A |
The slot on this type of battery cover was originally designed to take a small plastic tool - supplied with camera when new and depending on make of camera also designed to do other functions as well. Of course things being what they are, this little tool soon goes 'walkies' and the ever present coin in the pocket is used - with dire consequences to the shallow slot in the plastic cover. Simple mod is to drill two small holes in the cover and make a small pin wrench from a 'U' shaped piece of piano wire inserted into suitable locating holes drilled in a small length of wooden dowel or plastic rod. To stop the drilled holes being mangled, it is important to keep the two pins parallel and fixed at the correct spacing by some means. As stated I make this 'spacer' out of dowel or plastic rod, but a small piece of rectangular wood or plastic held in position with adhesive tape will do the job just as well. |