Lint, you're not the only pioneer (with pics) to do something as crazy.. here's me giving advice on how i kind of managed to align the rangefinder in my (then) $4000 digital rangefinder camera (epson R-D1)
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/foru...ad.php?t=18901
I know thats helped a lot of people since, and at the time i was going relatively blind with it in pieces.. disassembly was more fiddly but at least most of the item stayed together.
Anyway enough OT