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Re: [OM] (OM) Motor Drive Caps

Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) Motor Drive Caps
From: "gwsears" <gwsears@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 21:26:25 -0500
I was thinking on the lines of the small, flat, rubber filler plugs that 
just snap in or friction fit in the opening. The kind that fill the holes 
in the firewall of our SUVs. :-)

geo2


On 4 Dec 2000, at 21:06, Jim Couch wrote:

Date sent:              Mon, 04 Dec 2000 21:06:53 -0800
From:                   Jim Couch <spknsprkt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Organization:           Spoke & Sprocket
To:                     olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Doggre@xxxxxxx
Subject:                Re: [OM] (OM) Motor Drive Caps
Send reply to:          olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> One note, the OM1 cap is different from the 2s cap. (the 2s uses the
> threaded cap that the 3&4 series cameras do.) Nylon or some kind of
> plastic might be an excellent way to go as once a mold was done one
> could make a ton of them cheaply. (Course making the mold is not
> cheap, but that's life.) :)
> 
> Jim Couch
> 
> Doggre@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > I'll take my OM1 or 2S in to work tomorrow and show the motor drive
> > cap to the old timers (machinists) and see what their opinions are .
> >
> > Nylon would seem to be a good replacement.  There are shops in the
> > area here that specialize in plastics and just might be able to make
> > a darned fine one, and might be interested in making a run of them,
> > if someone would be willing to buy a large enough lot. 
> > Collector/purists, of course, will want ORIGINAL metal, but for the
> > rest of us, black nylon for black bodies, silver nylon for chrome
> > bodies would sure beat tape.
> >
> > And surely Olympus would respond to enough customer interest?  Might
> > cost mucho peso, though.
> 
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