If nothing else, anyone with a vertical milling machine and an hour or two's time could make you a new piece out of solid aluminum. Which, if it ever bent, could be simply hammered straight. That casting cannot (almost certainly not without breaking it).
It would seem to me that the GG frame could be also be milled back to flat and shimmed back to
the correct distance rather than making a whole new frame.
Is that a crack in the lower corner or just an imperfection in the red?
If not, you could build it up with JBweld. Use a depth gauge to straddle the corners and verify glass distance.
That isn't a crack in the frame; I coloured the affected area in PS, so it may just be an after-effect of my poor drawing skills.
Just to follow up, I had a local guy measure and fix everything on my KMV.
I added some Toyo holders and it is now working like a charm; focus is bang-on.
The back was warped, and he trued it; then measurements were taken, and everything is now aligned.
I shot some test sheets, and focusing was perfect; just to be on the safe side, I also used a 12x loupe to double-check (it wasn't the problem before, but I left nothing to chance).
The proof is in the film, so I will hopefully have a few decent shots to post soon.
Thanks for everyone's help and input.
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