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Re: Fixing Spud bakelite

  • From: Tom Deering <tdeering@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: Fixing Spud bakelite
  • Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 00:22:22 -0500 (EST)
On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Paul Talbot wrote:

> I received some messages that stated in part:
> 
> > I have a Sputnik....one of the bakelite back doors 
> > is not intact and you're likely to suffer from light leaks if you
> > use it.  Small parts of bakelite are missing.  You'd have to
> > reconstruct them.
> 
> Any thoughts on the feasibility of doing this successfully?

How about making a mold of the corresponding part of a good Sputnik, and
using epoxy to fill in what's missing?  Bakelite and epoxy seem to do well
together.

Tom