How to Modify a Polaroid Land Camera to Take 35mm film

Step 7 Left Side Hole

This is a very very very tricky step and you can misplace your hole very easily. First thing to do is measure the hight off of the top of the dowel if it were to be sticking out of the bottom of the cartridge. I made a little piece just to measure from. once you have the hight measure it down from the top on the other side. Then use a square to split a line down the center of the dowel and strait down the bottom of the camera.

Once it is all measured Take The Clay Piece Out or you might catch it with the drill by accident. After thats out take an awl or something sharp and strong you can hit with a hammer. I used a screw because t hat's all I had.  I believe that the body is made out of aluminum so it is not terribly hard to drill a hole if you have the right bits. Now you have a small dent so you can see where to drill. Shut the camera and stand it up on end when you drill the hole.

Wear Safety Glasses! The metal shavings fly and you don't want one to go in your eye. 

After you break through, clean the hole with the round file to make it neat and smooth. Put the dowel in the hole and make sure it fits and spins with ease. If not file some more its ok if the hole is too big you can fix it later.