Re: [APML] RICOH, Kneck-burner

[George Anderson <georgea@cam.org>]

Hi John

Miss you from the ATM list.
You may want to do a web search for a manual (overhaul type) for the
camera. You will want to unscrew a lot of stuff from the top before you
start doing any machining on the camera body.
I just did a major butcher job on a very dead Pentax ME-Super to turn it
into a knife edge focuser. I also removed the pentaprism so that I could
add a magnifier loupe to view the screen. Once all the unrequired parts
are off (pentaprism, photocells, etc) a dremel does a nice job of
slicing off the cover bits that you don't want.
If you have a go at the entire camera body intact with your mill chances
are that you will end up with swarf in the shutter mechanism.

George Anderson
Montreal Canada

Clear skies and good health 

"J.E.P." wrote:
> 
> O.K another question,
> i see some of you guys have made your own magnifyer with a eye-loup for the
> Nikon F2,
> ,
> ive got that kneckburner KR-5, ,,and a mill,,and a lathe  :)) given i only
> paid 25.00 for the cameara,
> could i concevably mill off the top of the camera and remove that "HEAVY"
> block of glass, and make my own eyepiece for the top of it,
> ,
> as im heading for a Cannon or Nikon, im not worried about trashing the
> camera, and my kids dont even want it,
> there in the digital world,
> ,
> next question,
> anybody out there ever used a "cook-triplet" to image through, ive got one,
> 60mmX F6, and might make a refractor, with it,
> thanks,
> ,
> and this is all jeffs fault, i got to see his set-up at Oregon,
> new camera, guider for my sore ass, and a guide-scope worth mounting,
>  ive got the addiction bad now,
> ,
> thanks,
> John E. Pike,
> Marysville WA.
> Where raingear is mandatory,
> and
>  If it doesn't move it turns "green"
> http://home1.gte.net/res0hnzl/index.html
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