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<blockquote data-quote="KJProX" data-source="post: 701398" data-attributes="member: 44438"><p>Time to finish up this story. I took the back panel off the parts camera to get at the button.</p><p>[ATTACH]312540[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I decided to try and replicate the original button by plastic resin casting it. First attempt at making a mold of the original button.</p><p>[ATTACH]312541[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>After many castings they just were not good enough, so I made a new mold using the correct silicone mold material. My old stuff had gone bad so had to buy new casting silicone. Spent most of the winter when ever I had time to make a new castings. This ended up to be a challenge to get one to come out and not have one of the posts being too short or air bubbles.</p><p>[ATTACH]312542[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>After many castings I got a couple to come out nearly perfect and good enough to put in the parts camera. </p><p>[ATTACH]312546[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I have now installed the good original button in the good D200 and my cast button in the parts D200, had an issue with getting the paint to stick to the cast button but it works fine. Going to sell the good D200 and keep the parts camera, it works and with enough post processing the pics look good.</p><p>[ATTACH]312549[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KJProX, post: 701398, member: 44438"] Time to finish up this story. I took the back panel off the parts camera to get at the button. [ATTACH=CONFIG]312540._xfImport[/ATTACH] I decided to try and replicate the original button by plastic resin casting it. First attempt at making a mold of the original button. [ATTACH=CONFIG]312541._xfImport[/ATTACH] After many castings they just were not good enough, so I made a new mold using the correct silicone mold material. My old stuff had gone bad so had to buy new casting silicone. Spent most of the winter when ever I had time to make a new castings. This ended up to be a challenge to get one to come out and not have one of the posts being too short or air bubbles. [ATTACH=CONFIG]312542._xfImport[/ATTACH] After many castings I got a couple to come out nearly perfect and good enough to put in the parts camera. [ATTACH=CONFIG]312546._xfImport[/ATTACH] I have now installed the good original button in the good D200 and my cast button in the parts D200, had an issue with getting the paint to stick to the cast button but it works fine. Going to sell the good D200 and keep the parts camera, it works and with enough post processing the pics look good. [ATTACH=CONFIG]312549._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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