Nick, as a furniture maker and a builder of a 4x5 folding field camera I
feel you'll be disappointed w/ plywood. With all the difficult cuts your
going to be making, ply will spinter and tear and look terrible, will be
hard to sand out so it looks good and when you stain it, ugg. If your going
to
I'm going to disagree a little with Nick. If you use really nice plywood,
It's fairly nice, and very strong. Joints are always the problem. I've used
closely spaced tiny dowels at a 45 on the corners with good results, and
gussets on the inside where practical work well too. I've also used
Hello fellow afflicted;
I was wondering if anyone on the list might have a schematic laying around
for leaf apertures, e.g. enlarging lens apertures (remember the opening
credits of the early 007 movies, with james bond moving around and the
aperture following him? : )
anyway, i am
I have the same camera. the 616 Monitor and Vigilant used the same lens.
Might be tight for 4x5, I could test it on my Horseman easy enough if you're
not in a big hurry.
Gene
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