I just had a question as far as mounting goes that maybe you could answer. I ha ve a Burke and James and the lensboards are roughly 6x6 and composed of wood. Th e lensboards are 3/8" thick. The lens does not have the type of retaining ring t hat has a flange with screw holes that screw into the lensboard so that the reta ining ring is mounted as its own entity to the lensboard(like the old Ilex shutt ers). Rather it is more like a threaded ring that simply screws on to the back o f the shutter. So here is what I am thinking of doing..........First off the woo d is to thick for the amount of threads given on the shutter so I propose to use a small router to plunge out the backside of the lensboard to lessen the thickn ess of the wood so I have enough"bite" on the threads when I screw the retaining ring on the shutter. I would make the routed area in a circular shape slightly larger as well and then drill a hole all the way through for the threaded collar of the shutter to go into and screw the retaining ring on from the back to comp lete the installation. Can you follow me on this? Does this sound like an accept able solution ? Any help or advice would be well received. Actually the wood I a m making the lensboard out of is not exactly 3/8" it is 9mm I believe and it is baltic birch plywood used for model airplanes and the like and has 8 plys so war ping is not even an issue. Thank you in advance to any considerations given this matter!
Mike Pry
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