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Rick11949
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Username: Rick11949
Post Number: 11
Registered: 08-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 09:20 am: | 
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Other than making your own tools, is there any company that makes a tool for removing ID Rings? |
605er
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Username: 605er
Post Number: 4
Registered: 08-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 10:05 am: |
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If you mean the front ring of a lens, a lens spanner is used to remove the ring or a rubber cup. Look in the articles and forums on the site for lens spanner.
I am looking for a lens spanner, does anyone have suggestions for a good inexpensive one? I need to remove the front element from an OM 135mm lens. |
Rick_oleson
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Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 370
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 10:22 am: |
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Micro-Tools has a variety of spanners and rubber-plug tools for this purpose.
I have one or two basic spanners (the standard ~ $15 kind), but more often I make my own by grinding the tips of needle nose pliers to the size and shape I need. You can also bend the jaws to special shapes by heating them red hot in a propane torch flame. These are faster to use and can suit situations that a standard spanner won't fit, but since they do not lock in position you need to use extra care with them. |
605er
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Username: 605er
Post Number: 6
Registered: 08-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 11:35 am: |
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I remember, a friction screwdriver can be used to remove the ring. It is a spanner similar to a rubber cone the size of the ring.
Thanks Rick. I just found it on micro tools. If you look in Lens Tools on the Micro-Tools site, they have the set of cones and individual lens rings. |
Steve_s
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Username: Steve_s
Post Number: 51
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 - 06:03 am: |
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I normally cut a ring or a disc of flat rubber (from old car/motorcycle inner tubes). Clean it with lighter fuel, then find a bottle-cap the right size, or the open end of a jar for bigger lenses.
This makes a friction tool that normally does the job. Sometimes a couple of drops of WD40 left overnight will help if it is tight. |
