Super Cheap, Apartment friendly 10x12 Build

**Jim Fitzgerald** · 7-Jul-2016, 16:31

I've built two 14 x 17 cameras using the extruded aluminum. Yours has some nice features that I had not thought about. Congratulations on the build. I'm interested to know how the film holders work and hold up after some use.

**blue4130** · 7-Jul-2016, 16:43

Originally Posted by Lachlan 717

Vance,

Where are the bellows from, please?

The bellows were made locally in Beijing. I found the supplier on www.taobao.com and gave him the dimensions and request for red. Took 5 days and cost 1200 rmb. So far it is by far the most expensive part of the build. I thought about folding my own, but I know in the end, I would have bought a set after butchering mine.

**Lachlan 717** · 7-Jul-2016, 17:10

Originally Posted by blue4130

The bellows were made locally in Beijing. I found the supplier on www.taobao.com and gave him the dimensions and request for red. Took 5 days and cost 1200 rmb. So far it is by far the most expensive part of the build. I thought about folding my own, but I know in the end, I would have bought a set after butchering mine.

Thanks, Vance.

Pity my Cantonese/Mandarin is so poor; I have no hope on taobao!

**Fr. Mark** · 7-Jul-2016, 20:04

Impressive! Every time I think about setting up to do scanning of negatives to enlarge them the thought, why not just start with bigger ones in the first place?, comes to mind.

**Leszek Vogt** · 7-Jul-2016, 21:38

Looks good! We can get frame of this type from McMaster-Carr here. Your bellows seem rather reasonable in comparison to what I paid (from UK). Yes, several of us are looking at your updates w/interest. Cool stuff.

Les