How to Replicate Parts Using Hand Tools
National Camera Repair technical guide to replicating camera parts using hand tools.
This is useful, since many older cameras are no longer supported with new parts by their manufacturers. Sometimes you can take parts from broken cameras, but some parts cannot be found easily this way if the camera isa rare one, or the part is one that broke so frequently that most donor cameras don't have the part.
The solution is to make a new part yourself.
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