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Harlee
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 07:34 am: | 
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Where is there a source to pick up an adjustable spanner for removing the front screw in ring for a lens. I have to remove the lens to get at the flash contacts on a Yashica GN and don't want to bugger up that tightening ring. Is someplace like Edmonds Scientific still in business, or is there another source? |
rick oleson
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 09:53 am: |
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they probably have one - there's also www.micro-tools.com, which would have a better selection. |
Winfried
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 01:59 pm: |
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I think you refer to Edmund Optic. They have spanner tools, some look identical to those from micro-tools but they are even more expensive. |
rick
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 05:03 pm: |
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Edmund Optics used to be called Edmund Scientific. Before that, they were called Edmund Salvage, selling WWII-surplus optical stuff in the late 40s. They now have a sort of spin-off catalog called Edmund "Scientifics", which in some cases (beamsplitter stock comes to mind) sells the same items as the Optics catalog at lower prices......
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Winfried
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 12:08 am: |
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Yes, it seems as if Edmund has outsourced their 'educational' and 'surplus' part of their older catalogues. The optical components sold with these designators sometimes will not meet commercial specs, however, for non-professional imaging purposes such as viewefinders etc they will be fine. A 2" x 2" first surface mirror will help to brighten up the viewfinder in many TLRs, and USD 4.95 is not a bad price.
Unfortunately they do not sell this line of components in Germany. |
Charles Ewen
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 14, 2005 - 11:12 am: |
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The best spanners I've ever seen come from SK Grimes (Large Format specialists). Not cheap, but real quality tools. See:
http://www.skgrimes.com/span/ |
paul ron
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - 05:17 pm: |
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I use a stainless steel ruler to span the rings. If i need notches I make em with a thin file of saw. |
