Practical Uses for a 545?

[Frank Petronio]

Now that they are worthless, what would be a good use for them?

[Bruce Watson]

Recycling?

[BrianShaw]

I'm hanging on to mine so I can use it as a conversation starter... "I read on the internet that Polaroid is dead" will be the opening line. Want to chat??

[Ash]

You have children, they have small fingers. They also misbehave occasionally.

I'm sure you can think of something

[BrianShaw]

Brilliant!

[Drew Wiley]

Send them to me. Actually I only need the one I've got - I gutted out the metal rollers
and did some minor modifications to make a Quickload/Readyload holder much more
reliable and durable than the official ones. It also holds the film flatter, although this will probably vary from holder to holder. And by the time I was done, it was almost as light as the plasticky ones. The 545 deserves a second life - don't euthanize it!

[Skorzen]

Send them to me. Actually I only need the one I've got - I gutted out the metal rollers
and did some minor modifications to make a Quickload/Readyload holder much more
reliable and durable than the official ones. It also holds the film flatter, although this will probably vary from holder to holder. And by the time I was done, it was almost as light as the plasticky ones. The 545 deserves a second life - don't euthanize it!

Any chance you could supply some more details or photos of the conversion?

[Paul Kierstead]

Wait a bit. Ya never know what will cough up. No, I have no inside information, but cheap labour markets can do interesting things that are otherwise not feasible.

[Kirk Keyes]

Holding open your old double-hung windows when the counterweights have broken off.

[shmoo]

Send them to me. Actually I only need the one I've got - I gutted out the metal rollers
and did some minor modifications to make a Quickload/Readyload holder much more
reliable and durable than the official ones. It also holds the film flatter, although this will probably vary from holder to holder. And by the time I was done, it was almost as light as the plasticky ones. The 545 deserves a second life - don't euthanize it!

Sounds like you might have a potential business there...hmmmm, I have 2 spares...