Deardorff = 2 effs; Linhof = 1 eff. The easiest way to remember this is to get one of each.
As for the tripod, I'd not use a QR of any sort. My V8 is an early FS and did not have a baseplate; when I reglued the bed I added a baseplate, but left the original bushing - I tapped the threads in the baseplate so that a long screw would thread through the baseplate and into the bushing. My tripod has a roughly 5"x7" mounting plate with a 1/4-20 screw, the camera mounts very securely.
Welcome to the club, I've been using mine since the late 1980s and am still utterly happy with it!
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Just to let everyone know. I contacted Ries Tripod and purchased a new baseplate for my Deardorff 8X10. Thew screw hole is made from stainless steel and is not recessed like the old style. Also, they sold me a new custom camera screw that gives me a full inch of hold down. Definitely better than re-threading the old plate.
I've re-threaded two of my V8 base plates from 1/4-20 to 3/8-16. My two V5's already had the 3/8" plates. I think the Ries plate is really neat, and since I already have three Ries tripods, the Ries screws reach the DD's base plate with no issues! Great products. L
Burke & James was another maker that recessed some of their tripod screw sockets too deep. Their tripods had a screw that was too long for some modern small cameras. The ASA standard of 1952 recommended 1/4 inch tripod sockets of light cameras to be 0.197 inch deep and heavy cameras 0.375 inch deep. The maximum recommended protrusion of the tripod screw for light cameras was 0.175 inch and for heavy cameras 0.340 inch. The spec sheet doesn't define light or heavy cameras. Perhaps the Deardorff and B&J cameras cited above were made before that ASA standard was published.
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