Hello Daniel:
The epitome of elser field cameras, the 1932 Deardorff
used 1/8 inch wide 48 pitch brass racks with 22 tooth
brass pinions.
Tyler
--- Daniel Rhoades <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm going to make a rack and pinion focusing system
> for the 4X5 monorail camera I'm building (both front
> and rear standards will use the same rack). I'm
> going to turn and cut the rack and the pinion from
> hard maple but I was curious what the best tooth
> count would be for the pinion. I was thinking an
> eight tooth pinion would be just about right but if
> anyone has done this before I would like to hear
> your opinions. Also, if anyone has a metal rack and
> pinion system on thier camera I would love the tooth
> count on that as well. Thanks for the help!
>
> Dan Rhoades
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