Hi again Bradley:
Woodworking or in my case wooddorking is a skill less
easily learned than metalworking.
The wood reacts in ways that are tough to predict.
Also, metal is available already dimensioned. Wood
must be brought down to the thickness you need it to
be because it is sold in nominal sizes rather than net
sizes. For example when you go buy a 2X4 at the lumber
store it is NEVER 2 inches by four inches. It is more
like 1 1/2 by 3 1/2. Also, it is not consistent like
metal is. Metal is also just WAY more dimensionally
stable it does not shrink and swell with changes in
humidity. Miracles can be done in metal with a hack
saw and a file. The tools to do hand woodworking are
far mnore expensive than the tools to do hand
metalworking.
I think Jim had the right idea when he said your best
friend in this endeavor is your own inventiveness.
Just remember, the only thing that is really critical
is that you can move the lens in relation to the film
and that your groundglass is in exactly the same place
your film will be when you insert the film holder.
That is it, everything else is just extra.
Barry
--- Bradley Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> George --
>
> I have certainly considered metal, but would be
> limited to aluminum and brass I suspect, as I have
> no specific metal working tools. As of yet, most of
> the examples I have seen are in wood, but I am open
> to all manner of suggestion.
>
> What byt the way, makes the metal ones easier?
>
> -- Bradley
>
>
> ---------- Original Message
> ----------------------------------
> From: "george jiri loun"
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> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:25:12 +0100
>
> >
> >Hi Bradley,
> >don't forget the best camera plans source - your
> own inventiveness! If you
> >have a 4x5 camera take a look at it - what you
> don't like, make it better.
> >What you like take it over. If you don't have a 4x5
> camera hire it for a day
> >or two! Better value for the money if you hire over
> the weekend. You can
> >even hire very specialized cameras that would
> otherwise never cross your
> >path... I have made 5 cameras, never saw any plan
> for any but I studied
> >their constructions and read a lot about optics.
> Knowledge of mechanics is
> >necessary too. The only plans I saw where those
> designed by myself... Have
> >you thought about metal cameras? Much easier to
> build, in my view, than
> >wooden ones... Greetings, George
> >
> >
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