Leonard, You are good. I looked at the box these came in and there is a barely visible word stamped on the label. It says "Plate". That must be it. I'll let Steve know what happened. Thanks for your help.
Gene Leonard Robertson wrote: > > Gene, > I checked septum widths on three different bag mags. There is a tiny bit > of variation, but I still come up with a figure just over 100mm width > (100.4mm was one measurement). > I don't know if Graflex ever changed the septum width in all the years > they made bag mags. My 1904 Graflex catalog shows a version for cut film > using a metal septum to hold the film. Maybe the septums for the early > versions were slightly wider. > There was also a bag mag made to take glass plates. Is the channel in your > septums wide enough for a plate? > Here is one possible source of septums: > http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/catalog/fp11.htm > Let us know about the camera you are building. > > > > Leonard > > At 07:30 AM 11/9/2001 -0800, you wrote: > >Leonard and List, > > > >Excellent! We're getting somewhere! My septums are 103.5mm or so > >wide. Your 100.5mm septums would fit this mag like a glove. Now I just > >have to find some correct septums, and maybe find out what these septums > >were intended for so someone can put them to use. Incidently, this is > >for a camera I'm building to use some aerial lenses I have. An actual > >Cameramaker activity! > > > >Gene > > > >Gene > > > >Leonard Robertson wrote: > >> > >> Gene, > >> I measured the width of a septum from one 4X5 bag mag I had > handy and it > >> is 100mm or slighly more (maybe 100.5 mm). That is a rough measurement with > >> a metric tape measure. Tomorrow I will dig out more bag mags and Starrett > >> calipers, and try to see if there is any variation in the mags I have. > >> In 5X7 bag mags, I keep running across a version at camera swaps > that I > >> believe was made for aerial cameras (as I recall, some are marked > >> "Fairchild"). They are very, very heavy compared to the one "civilian" mag > >> I have. I have no idea if an aerial 4X5 bag mag was made. If so, it may > >> have used a different width septum. > >> > >> > > Leonard > > _______________________________________________ > Cameramakers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
