Strap Lugs

[chojna]

Can anyone tell me;-

* How to remove strap lugs from a Fed 2 ?

* Attach them to a Fed 3 ? (cold soldered ?)

thanks

 

[w3rk5]

I don't think you can remove the strap lugs without destroying the strap lugs themselves. I think they're rivited on.

You might want to check out one of our sponsers site. His stuff looks very solid. http://www.electricedge.com/gordy_s_straps/

 

[dave74]

The inside part of a strap lug is a thin tube that gets "smooshed" to create thin metal "fingers" that are spread around the hole (interior side). This means you may be able to remove a lug but are unlikely to ba able to replace it in another camera, as the fingers will crack off.
There is an alternative but that would be tooting my trumpet (http://ufies.org/~djb/); this works for clamshell-style rangefinders.