There was, or is, an auction on ebay where someone was selling a
rollfilm back someone had built.
I asked the list about making a rollfilm back from old folding cameras
which were busted ... I think the answers are still in the archives.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Cameramakers] Homemade rollfilm back
> Gene,
>
> Here's a possible workaround to part of the rollfilm back question --
>
> I used this with a 120 camera I built that has an integral rollholder,
> but it could apply to a removable back too. Conley made a series of
> cameras called the Folding Kewpies about 80 years ago, and these had
> little 'carriages', for lack of a better term, to hold the film rolls,
> which allowed them to avoid the problem and expense of spring-loaded pins
> or whatever to hold the spools in place. They're made of black-painted
> sheet brass, with spring tensioners, and work well in the camera I made.
> They also allow the body of the rollfilm holder to be somewhat smaller
> than it would be, since it doesn't have to be much taller than a 120
> spool. All you need is a square compartment the carriages can fit into.
>
> Being a collector on the side I won't suggest anybody go out and
> canabalize a No.2 Folding Kewpie. They're not worth much or that
> important historically, but they're not that easy to find either. But if
> you're handy working metal these carriages shouldn't be too hard to make.
> There are only two parts, the frame and the tensioner. All you need
> besides is a winding key that can be pulled out of the body of the
> holder, as in most old box cameras.
>
> If anyone is interested, write to me off-list and I can make a little PDF
> with a photo of the Conley roll "carriage". I've already got measured
> drawings.
>
> Off the topic, thanks for the further info on the corner splines. I've
> been worrying about dropping the camera with the half-lap joints and
> having it pop apart. Besides making the box sturdier I think it would
> look better with them.
>
> Joel
>
> Gene Johnson wrote:
>
> > I was gone for a while. Did anyone come up with anything on plans for
> > making a rollfilm back?
> >
> > Gene
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