This must be a hopelessly 'newbie' question, since I haven't found the answer an ywhere on the net or in 3 LF books (Kodak, Simmons, Stroebel). FYI, I don't have any lenses or lens boards, yet (hopefully I will next week).

Is mounting a lens in a lens board a critical or precision operation? How is it done? I'd guess the front/rear lens elements have to be separated to fit it in t he hole in the lens board, so how does one know that the elements are spaced pro perly when putting them back together? Do different lens boards require differen t mounting techniques (I?ll be using Arca-Swiss 110mm boards)? Is it pretty much the same as mounting a lens on an enlarger board? What?s the accepted orientati on of the shutter controls after mounting, or does it matter?

Thanks!