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Re: [OM] Motor drive cap for OM1 and another OM question

Subject: Re: [OM] Motor drive cap for OM1 and another OM question
From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 21:25:05 -0700
At 07:30 PM 12/4/2000 -0800, John Robison wrote:
>   I think you'r right Wayne, guess I was just venting
>a measure of fustration that something so small can
>cause such consternation. I actually have caps on my 2
>OM-1 bodies but my heart goes out to those, especially
> new to OM users, who cant find them. Now a question
>to the whole list; is there anyone who is a machinest
>and could look at a bayonet cap to see if a reasonable
>substitute could be fabricated in some quanity and at
>a affordable cost?    John


John:

I was thinking that perhaps copies could be made out of nylon or some tough 
polymer, using an original cap as the template, and something like the 
"lost-wax" process to do a casting.  I have no idea if this is feasible.

Garth


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