Rollei XF 35 - how to glue leather cover

[piumach]

Hi,
I've a beautiful rollei xf 35, I've just alligned the rangefinder and to do this i removed the external leather cover (left lens side) in order to act on the two regulating screws).
Everything went fine, but know I have to glue the leather cover again and I do not know which kind of glue I need, considering that I want a glue that let me to remove the leather cover in the future (sometimes in this camera the rangefinder has to be alligned).
Any suggestion?

Thanks,
Nicola

 

[zuikologist]

Something like Evostik (rubber cement) should be fine. Make sure the leather is held down with some tape until the glue is dry.

 

[Bill58]

Pliobond is the best adhesive to use on camera coverings. Remove the old adhesive 1st.w/ a solvent, then apply Pliobond when solvent has dried. Apply thinly and evenly on both surfaces, press together, then pull apart for about 5 minutes, lastly press back together again. You're done and need no finger pressure or tape to hold down the covering. You can safely, but carefully remove the covering in the future.

You should treat the entire covering a few days later w/ a good leather preservative liquid and every 6 mos. to a year from now on to prevent drying out and cracking.

Bill

 

[Murray Kelly]

The original glue was quite likely shellac dissolved in alcohol. It is used widely in an on the camera body. Easy to peel and easy to replace
Murray

 

[FallisPhoto]

I'd go with Pliobond/contact cement or the shellac. I'd avoid the rubber cement suggestion; rubber cement is not at all archival.

 

[piumach]

I'd go with Pliobond/contact cement or the shellac. I'd avoid the rubber cement suggestion; rubber cement is not at all archival.

Thanks guy!
I will try with Pliobond or shellac!
But before proceeding I have one doubt.
Looking at the picture attached, I have tuned screw n°1 for horizontal allignment and screw n°2 for vertical allignment. But what si screw n°3? It seems to be some other adjusting screw, but for what?

Nicola

 

[FallisPhoto]

Thanks guy!
I will try with Pliobond or shellac!
But before proceeding I have one doubt.
Looking at the picture attached, I have tuned screw n°1 for horizontal allignment and screw n°2 for vertical allignment. But what si screw n°3? It seems to be some other adjusting screw, but for what?

Nicola

Well, according to my repair manual, it connects to some sort of armature that goes across the camera, under the lens, but I can't see anything there for it to connect to but the self-timer.

 

[piumach]

Well, according to my repair manual, it connects to some sort of armature that goes across the camera, under the lens, but I can't see anything there for it to connect to but the self-timer.

Thanks!
In the meanwhile I found a broken XF35 of my father... 🙂, completely destroyed...and I opened it, founding that the screw n°3 is only the fixing point of the inner level for vertical rangefinder adjustment.
Under the metallic cover there is one lever, L shape, that has its fulcrum exactly where the screw n°3 is placed.
This let the screw n°2 to adjust the vertical shifment of the RF.
The screw n°3 so has only to be tightened completely, the only two registers are screws n°1 and n°2.

regards,
Nicola