bill_bain
Contributor
Some time ago, I posted concerning whether it might be possible to modify an Aquashot II housing to accept some other disposable cameras since the ones it was designed for are no loger available. I recognize that Ikelite has moved away from disposable camera housings and while I wouldn't go out and buy an Aquashot II, it is nice not to have to put it out to pasture yet!
Below is some text and pictures. Onther than a small strip of wood, the only item to buy is an "expansion washer" from the local hardware store. This is a neoprene "hat" with a threaded brass insert. The outside diameter should be about 7/8":
Cut the part of the washer with the brass threaded insert off, leaving a neoprene washer with a collar:
This new, wider collar will replace the rubber "grabber" on the Aquashot II winder that engages the film advance wheel:
You can use the various washers and spacers that were on the old winder to locate the wider collar so it engages the winder on the narrower new camera. When you put it back together, don't forget the little "X" washer that's in the housing body around the winder shaft. If you do, the housing will leak. Also, 7/8" is about as wide as you can get in the housing -- if the shaft is skewed by too wide a collar pressign on the rear of the housing, it will leak as well.
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Below is some text and pictures. Onther than a small strip of wood, the only item to buy is an "expansion washer" from the local hardware store. This is a neoprene "hat" with a threaded brass insert. The outside diameter should be about 7/8":
Cut the part of the washer with the brass threaded insert off, leaving a neoprene washer with a collar:
This new, wider collar will replace the rubber "grabber" on the Aquashot II winder that engages the film advance wheel:
You can use the various washers and spacers that were on the old winder to locate the wider collar so it engages the winder on the narrower new camera. When you put it back together, don't forget the little "X" washer that's in the housing body around the winder shaft. If you do, the housing will leak. Also, 7/8" is about as wide as you can get in the housing -- if the shaft is skewed by too wide a collar pressign on the rear of the housing, it will leak as well.
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