Well I grow tired of searching for flanges. I plan to buy a small lathe and start making my own flanges. I know there are thread pitch gauges but how does one know what size lip on the mounting side of the flange need to be. All of the flanges I have are not flat on the bottom, the have a indexing lip that centers in the hole of a lens board. Does it matter how thick that indexing lip is?
To those who do this already what are the tools I need to buy in order to build these flanges. I assume a nice parting tool, a set of inside and out side jaws, various tips for thread cutting. A indexing table to drill the holes in the flange lip itself.
It seems flanges are scarce for certain lenses. Also The prices for these rare flanges are ridiculousness IMO.
I am also planning to be converting some DSLR lens mounts so the investment in a lathe was already in the cards so to speak. If you guys have any ideas that I may need to consider, as well as flanges that always seem to be in short supply, please let me know so I can add them to the development list.
I know SK grimes already does this type of work, I also know they are awesome at all they do. I am just a glutton for punishment and like to do one off stuff to help further drive myself insane
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