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broc8: The faux leather was dry and brittle. Could not be saved/recycled.
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broc8: Removing the 4 screws freed the lens plate from the camera body.
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broc8: The lens unit.
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broc8: Lens unit minus the front glass.
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broc8: View of the lens unit from the rear.
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broc8: The old grease was pretty bad.
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broc8: The row of 'teeth' in combination with the gears on the lens unit operate the focusing mechanism. It was impossible to incorporate into the repurposed lens.
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broc8: The lower half of the lens unit was abandoned.
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broc8: The unit was obviously over-greased.
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broc8: The left unit holds both the front and rear lens glass. The right half is discarded.
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broc8: An indication that I was not the first to open this lens. 1982?
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broc8: SOOC-TARON-1