P3D Re: Realist lens cover removal

["KENNETH LUKER" <kluker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The spring clips are very easily removed without having them fly off, 
> but only if you remove the black plate by removing the four screws.  
> Trying to take off the clips in any other way seems doomed to 
> failure, without some specialized tool.  And there is a GREAT risk of 
> chipping away the little ledge the clips are gripping, making either 
> the cover itself or the black rectangle unable thereafter to hold 
> clips at all.   

I forgot to add, be very careful also as you handle the black 
rectangle.  The circle cut out for the exposure setting ring leaves 
very little plastic on the edges, and the bakelite is very brittle.  
It is easy to snap the rectangle in two.  It goes back okay and is 
held by the screws, but you'll remember that it is broken!
KL
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Kenneth Luker
Marriott Library Systems and Technical Services
KLUKER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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