Re: Sputnik Success

[Paul Talbot <ptww@xxxxxxxxx>]

Joel Alpers wrote:
> 
> E R Swanson wrote:
> >
> > I haven't had to deal with Spud light leaks, but with a Realist, I found
> > the instructions re using felt or film cannister fuzz. Probably Fargo
> > sells something that would work.
> 
> I was about to post something about this as well - I
> bought a variety of sizes of adhesive-backed foam from Fargo
> when they came to one of the Denver camera swap meets. I used
> the smallest size (it was a sample pack of about 8x10" pieces
> in 5 different thicknesses, as I recall) which I think was 1/16".
> 
> Cut very thin with an Xacto knife, it worked like a champ
> on my Spud light leaks. Much better than the foam "weatherstrip"
> type stuff I bought from a hardware store and cut down. The
> adhesive on that was worse, and the doors tend to stick shut.
> 
> Not so with the Fargo foam; I was really happy with that and
> would use it again!

So am I the only one here who didn't know who Fargo is?  ;-)

In case there is anyone else in the dark, apparently this
is who Elliott and Joel were talking about:

| Fargo Enterprises, Inc.
| P.O. Box 6505 
| Vacaville, CA 95696-6505
| Phone: 707.446.1120
| Fax: 707.446.3319
| Your Audio-Visual, Photographic and Video Repair Tool Source.
| http://www.fargo-ent.com

On-line store:  http://www.micro-tools.com
(note, if you leave off the www on this one, you end up
at fargo-ent.com instead of www.micro-tools.com)

I found in a newsgroup a complaint that the foam from
Fargo was too dense.  And I see in the .pdf catalog I
downloaded that they now carry an imported version that
is less dense.  It looks like this will be a nice step
up from black yarn for the kit and the fix up service.

(Joel, do you know which you have?  Domestic or imported?)

What I had actually asked about was something better
than velveteen for blocking the light that gets through
the hinges of the doors.  I don't think the foam is the
answer.  But, I DID see something in the Fargo catalog
that looks promising.  I'll check it out.

Now why is Fargo, their foam, etc., not mentioned on
anyone's Sputnik fix-up page?  Here I've been going off
in all these wrong directions!  ;-)

Anyway, glad to have the good new info.  Thanks!!

Paul Talbot