I just acquired a Nagaoka 4X5 which came with no lens boards. Having a machine shop in my garage (and no room for cars) I whipped one up out of some 2024 aluminum sheet that I had sitting around.
At work I was showing a coworker the lens and board and his comment was "isn't the aluminum heavier than the wood ones?" He knew I was working on a wooden lens board.
THAT, got me to thinking. I fired up Fusion 360 and pounded out a lens board for the 90mm and printed it this afternoon. Looks and fits fine. It is printed in matt black PETG which is pretty durable stuff.
Bill V
Tempe AZ
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