On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:59:51 +0000 (UTC), Cydrome Leader
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pyotr filipivich wrote:
Gunner Asch on Mon, 22 Sep 2014 02:15:56 -0700
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On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 07:11:25 +0000 (UTC), Cydrome Leader
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pyotr filipivich wrote:
Gunner Asch on Sun, 21 Sep 2014 19:12:04 -0700
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 00:32:43 +0000 (UTC), Cydrome Leader
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I deviced to take apart an orignal Nikon F 35mm camera today, to see
what's inside.

About 5000 parts is the answer, for a completely mechanical 35mm camera.

WHY???!!! did you smash a Nikon F body???

They are still worth in excess of $200 each and for us
collectors..they are freaking priceless!!!

Barbarians - they break what they don't understand.

Tearing stuff apart is the greatest way to learn about how things work.

Disassembling is one thing. It is called "reverse engineering."
Breaking some thing because you don't understand how it works is not
"educational".

It's the fast way to see what's holding something together, and if you
don't need it put back, it's fine.

In fact, taking a hammer to saw to stuff is a good way to learn where the
strong and weak points are in something.

Thrashing the heck out of it - "drive it like you stole it" is a
better way of finding weak points that matter.