Lens Boards from "oaklandlenscom"?

[alec4444]

Has anyone had any experience purchasing lens boards from an ebay seller with the ID "oaklandlenscom"? They have quite a few to choose from:

Wisner 8x10
Wisner 4x5
Deardorff
Agfa 8x10
Graflex
Kodak 2D
etc....

The price is right, the question is whether they actually fit.........


Thanks!
--A

[Oren Grad]

I bought one, just to see. Outer dimensions were OK. I don't know what wood he uses, but it was very lightweight and crudely finished, almost seemed as though it would splinter if I so much as breathed on it. Also, I asked for the board to be drilled for a Copal 1, and it came back with the right diameter hole but not countersunk, so it was useless.

I didn't bother complaining - at $8 or whatever it was I paid, I figured I got off easy, and it just wasn't worth my time to pursue it further.

[alec4444]

Thanks, Oren, 'nuff said.

My apologies for putting this board in the wrong place.... Ooops.

--A

[Jim Noel]

I have 5 of his boards and have had no problem with them. I drill my own holes so that is no problem.
I don't understand why not being coutersunk makes the board useless. Was he told to do so? I'll bet there is asimple way to mount your lens on the "useless" board.

[CXC]

I'm happy with my Technika-sized board. For no extra charge he made me a custom hole to fit an odd-sized older Betax shutter, works fine. You really can't beat the price Anything prettier will cost 5-10 times as much if not more...