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    Re: spring steel for camera back?

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    Taken with the camera above... in 8x10.

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    Re: spring steel for camera back?

    Quote Originally Posted by barnacle View Post
    I have a concern about using hacksaw blades - my experience is that although they're very flexible and springy, they're also rather fragile and if bent too far they simply break - shattering and spraying shrapnel around the place. Has this been an issue?

    Neil
    Neil: No, the blades give a lot, and have stayed strong for several years now (I finished the camera in December 2009). The amount of flex needed to insert and remove a filmholder is really not a lot; the film holders might bend them an additional 1/2" more? (I use plastic Lisco Regal 8x10 holders).

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    Holder inserted - see the total bend on the hacksaw blade; not much!

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    Re: spring steel for camera back?

    Thanks, Rafael.

    The only springs I have to hand are some an engineering friend made for me from spring steel; I believe he softened them to work the material and then retempered them. I'm about to start a new 5x4 and it looks like hacksaw blades are a good thought, then.

    Neil

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    Re: spring steel for camera back?

    Rafael, that's a very ingenious solution to locking the back to the frame! Iw ill ave to give it some serious thought on my camera. Thanks for sharing those pictures. Looks great!

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    Thanks! Hope it works well for you.

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    Re: spring steel for camera back?

    bamboo works well, too.
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    I use car windscreen wiper springs


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    Re: spring steel for camera back?

    Sorry for reviving am old thread but I am considering using feeler gauge for my 5x12 camera back. I would like to know if you had to heat the gauge before forming?
    Quote Originally Posted by vinny View Post
    .031 stainless feeler gauges that come in 12" lengths. One spring does it. No reason to do all that work for crappy hacksaw blades which are not rustproof. Pics on my website.

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    Re: spring steel for camera back?

    Annealing, forming, and retempering feeler gauge material sounds risky unless one has plenty of experience. I'd rather grind down the teeth on an old quality hacksaw blade and use its mounting hole in one end to improvise a clamp that restricts movement of the ground glass frame parallel to the spring.

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    Re: spring steel for camera back?

    Regular sheet stainless accepts folds, drills readily with a carbide drill, and small strip pieces are in stock in many hardware and hobby shops...

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