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Re: [OM] (OM) Motor Drive Caps

Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) Motor Drive Caps
From: Jim Couch <spknsprkt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 21:40:28 -0800
I have often thought the samething, but have never pursued it. Someday I will
be short an MD cap and then I might get off my backside and do something
about it. It should not be all that hard to find a suitable rubber or soft
plastic plug.

Jim Couch

gwsears wrote:

> 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
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> > 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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