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I have a couple of old lenses with dents, and I'd like to repair them

I looked at those "lens vise" tools and wanted to know if anybody has used them?
Any advice on how not to destroy the lens??

PFMcFarland recommended PB Blaster... after 3 days in the stuff it moved! I'm a believer! It smells like a combination of aliphatic and aromatic low weight hydrocarbons and it dissolved the agfa green goo. A paper towel full and 3 qtips of green It also works in corroded battery chambers! I got a S...

I shot my last roll of 120 EFKE a decade ago, it was sad to see that Fotokemika (Samobor) had been demolished when I visited Croatia
I was fortunate not to have paper problems, but yes numbers have become super dim and very hard to read

The optic explorer seems like an interesting tool for optical design/sharing

https://opticexplorer.sharedigm.com/

Julio, I put the negative in the enlarger and raised it up as high as it goes (17X) The plaque was sharp and and I guess it could be read, but the font and angle in which I took the pic makes it difficult. I could see the numbers at the bottom with effort and imagination https://commons.wikimedia.or...

I think pictures are sharp enough, I need to check them in the darkroom as these were just DSLR-scanned quickly.
The monument Plaque is not readable, you can make the letters up but they were too small

The Ambion 35 is a fine lens

Wilson NC in a grey and dreary day
Fomapan 400 in Microphen

A few from mine from a trip to St Louis Rollei Retro 100 (APX100) developed in a D76 1:1 clone (Sprint) The Gateway Arch https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52682613226_c9eb7d827f.jpg Old Courthouse and Dredd Scott https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52689132089_ed9d1a0fdc.jpg https://live.staticfli...

Awesome!
Great jobin that RF rehab
Now I'm sure that lens will have "character" and would love to see pictures

I had never seen one of those, very cool.