[rollei_list] Re: new Zeiss Ikon- a hollow construct?
- From: "Austin Franklin" <austin.franklin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:10:33 -0500
Hi Ferdi,
> The raw die-cast
> bodies were made ready for assembly purely by hand. This took quite
> a bit of time. It involved drilling holes, grinding, and polishing
> some parts. Look at the side panels for instance. In later years the
> smaller parts were produced using CNC machines.
The drilling was obviously done by machine using a jig (as I said below),
which is not "by hand". See these pictures:
http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5578/4395/1600/358536/perforado-59582%
20copia.jpg
http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5578/4395/1600/370804/perforado-45-595
78%20copia.jpg
> > Machined camera parts, body included, made by CNC machines will be far
> > better in every respect than ones machined by hand. Even Rollei most
> > certainly used CNC machines, not humans, to machine the later
> > TLRs. And
> > before that, they most certainly did not hand machine every body
> > etc. they
> > used jigs.
So, I'm not sure why you would say that "...drilling holes..." was
"...purely by hand."???
Regards,
Austin
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