"Then I nailed it to a 2x4, but it wobbled a bit, so I used three
4" wood screws...." ;^)
Marten Beels wrote:
> Bryan, I did something similar to a T-20. I was
> stumbling around in the pitch black dark trying to pop
> off several flashes and I knocked it to the ground,
> breaking off the tabs of the hot shoe mount. I tried
> epoxying them back on, but it was far too weak. So
> instead I filed off much of the base and soldered the
> wires of a generic off camera flash extension cord to
> the internal connections of the T-20. Then I epoxied
> a tripd mount to the bottom to act as a strain relief
> and base. With a little modifying on the other end of
> the cord, I got all of the contacts to line up with
> the hot shoe 4 of my OM-2n. The hot shoe is
> removeable and unmodified, but the T-20 is permanently
> modified. Best of all, it works really well and is
> extremely secure. Cheaper then a T-20 TTL
> autoconnector!
>
> Marten
>
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