10 Hours of Sanding, screwing, oiling and new to the forum

[jb7]

Well done, wonderful job...

I can think of a few things you're not including in that 10 hours though...

[Bill Burk]

Beautiful job! You must be very good friends with the local wood chap, for him to chop some Castro-era furniture for you. Some people just know what's the right honor to bestow.

[Morten]

Well Done!

[Jim Cole]

Beautifully done. What a treasure!

[Jim C.]

Nicely restored !

Not sure what you meant by " She's 4x5 now " ?

[Robert Hall]

Lovely work.

[Peter_Jones]

Fantastic ! Time to run some film through it

[Pete Watkins]

I'm so upset. I thought that I owned the only "proper" Ansco in the UK.
I went to Brum for my bellows (red), what a great company, and I have 4x5 & 5x7 backs. Mine is not restored but retains a wonderful patina which I only give a coat of wax polish every now and again.
I use mine from time to time although I regard it as an early (1926 / 27) small town portrait studio camera, I do photograph other things with it.
I opened the front of mine up to take B&J sized lens boards so any value as an antique has probably been wiped out!
Welcome to the forum anyway.
Best wishes,
Pete

[fecaleagle]

My girlfriend laughed when I said 10 hours. Ok maybe it was a bit more. The last part of the camera to be "really" complete are the lens boards.

Haha. I spent 25+ hours on a 5x7 Ansco restoration. Cleaning all of the brass, shimming the rails, fixing two splits in the wood, etc. I thought 10 hours sounded like an optimistic estimate.

You can buy new ansco lens boards from a seller on eBay.

Enjoy it and beautiful work!!!

-William