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Harlee
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Username: Harlee
Post Number: 76
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 01:54 pm: | 
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I have a couple of Yashica 35 rangefinders that I'd like to experiment with recovering them. I'll use the old covering as a pattern, but I'm wondering, how should I cut the new material, with a sharp pair of sissors or an Xacto knife? Most likely I have to try a couple different materials to see which one fits best. Any suggestions? |
Glenn
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Username: Glenn
Post Number: 652
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 03:23 pm: |
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Carefully remove the original covering, then stick it onto a piece of 1/16" card with double sided tape. Cut around the covering with an Xacto knife and steel rule, thus producing an accurate pattern. Cut the new material using the pattern, Xacto knife and steel rule. I always locate the pattern on the new material with 3 or 4 small pieces of double sided tape - you then only have to concentrate on positioning the rule on the edge of the pattern before you cut, and not worry about the pattern moving/slipping as you locate the rule. |
Tom_cheshire
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Username: Tom_cheshire
Post Number: 173
Registered: 04-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 01:24 pm: |
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Xacto or single edge blade. Helps if you hold it in a frame like a paper easel so it doesn't move. |
Fallisphoto
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Username: Fallisphoto
Post Number: 146
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 06:35 pm: |
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Stick the material down with double sided tape so it doesn't move and use an xacto knife and a steel rule. You might also want to get a vernier caliper, some hole punches and some circle templates. Remember to measure half-a-dozen times before you start cutting and double check to make sure you have it oriented correctly. |
