It's look'n great!
It's look'n great!
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
Nice work. Don't forget to make a dust cover, to keep it 'new'! I should have done that...Originally Posted by mikl
My rig is different and I put white felt under the camera bottom to preserve the painted board. Deardorff SC11.
Tin Can
I can tell that you are not taking any shortcuts in restoring this and it looks absolutely stunning.
Pali
Dust cover is a great idea Randy.
Thanks Peter and Pali.
Hopefully it is the tiny details like doing a cut out on the base board so the felt folds over flush to keep the trim straight that makes a difference.
Michael
What possessed manufacturers to paint their cameras in Navy ship grey?
Any idea?
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Story I heard Jaq was that during the military "build up" prior to the second world war anything military became a symbol for well made so they started painting things grey, not sure how true that is though. If mine had of been an original grey finish I more than likely would have left it as it was but the colour was a greenish grey and quite obviously not a factory finish so it came off.
Michael
Bought my girlfriend a grey, Burke and James 5x7 Commercial View with red bellows, beautiful camera, guess there's no accounting for taste. Even had my local paint store eye match the grey so that I could paint the lens boards I made to match. Now Michael's restoration looks fantastic too and brings camera back to a finish very close to the factory original. I've definitely enjoyed following the progress on this project.
Roger
Been a long journey and still not quite there yet. Anyone have any ideas what went in these screw holes (apart from screws, thought I would "head that one off at the pass"
Michael
A couple more
Michael
Could the three screws in the center side piece have held some form of swinging level arrow? Just guessing on this one.
As for the other two holes I have no clue.
The Viewfinder is the Soul of the Camera
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Dan
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