LF DIY (Do It Yourself) [Archive] - Large Format Photography Forum

Stubborn wood screws (11 replies)
How much should I dilute hydrogen peroxide to remove lens fungus? (14 replies)
Open Source 3d printing dev drum for 4x5 and 8x10 film (7 replies)
Plate holders of a Ernemann Klapp-Camera 13x18 (16 replies)
Removing rusted screws (from an Ansco 8x10) (12 replies)
Source for Canada Balsam in 2024? (13 replies)
LF copy camera build plans/ideas (7 replies)
Making a spring back (14 replies)
14 X 36" PIN HOLE Camera & more (7 replies)
What torsion springs for 4x5 camera rear stand? (2 replies)
Repolishing old lenses with fungus, balsam separation (80 replies)
New Cirkut-type pano-graflex build (22 replies)
Getting ready to build a 4x10 folder. How would you recommend lens attachment? (13 replies)
OEM 1978 Chicago Deardorff v8 bellows repair (9 replies)
Conley Silent Shutter piston service (4 replies)
Front for Shanel mounted lens boards on FKD 13x18 (7 replies)
Request for information about LF camera made in Italy (5 replies)
Rusted shutter leafs (13 replies)
DIY Right Angle Mirror-Box for ULF Closeups? (7 replies)
Making GG With Etched Glass (4 replies)
Designing and printing a 4x10 holder (14 replies)
5x8 Camera Build (72 replies)
Plan for a 8x10 springback, anyone ? (13 replies)
DIY Center ND filter? (31 replies)
Gatorboard "Ultra" for Camera Builds? (11 replies)
Eastman View 2D 8x10 Bellows length (10 replies)
reflex viewers (7 replies)
8x10 Bellows Building. . . a fun project. (8 replies)
Camera Scanner 2024 (5 replies)
broken groundglass - need to replace (17 replies)
P Speed focal plane shutter repair/DIY/info schematic etc…any gurus in here? (3 replies)
Baby, it's cold outside... (26 replies)
Methods for testing unknown shutters? (21 replies)
Sources for tiny screws? (14 replies)
Ilex #3 Acme Synchro shutter disassembly for CLA?? (6 replies)
Magnetic Shutter (9 replies)
How a Synchro Compur shutter actually works (2 replies)
4 x 4 back for Linhof M679 (7 replies)
How to properly install Dagor in Copal shutter (2 replies)
Replacing bellows on 8x10 Deardorff video (0 replies)
Super lightweight 4x5 (10 replies)
SOLAR Eclipse LF PINHOLE Advice (18 replies)
DIY Bi-post Connector (8 replies)
Half plate to 4x5 conversion (6 replies)
Lens Service\Flush\Cleaning - Conley 5x7 Folding Camera (5 replies)
DIY 4x5 Instant Film (3 replies)
Copal #3 Disassembly and Cleaning (9 replies)
Source for "raw" PC flash connectors??? (7 replies)
A Graflex Frankencamera Thornton Picard substitute? (15 replies)
Bo-Peep refurb help. (3 replies)
8x10 Film Holder Missing Locks (18 replies)
Help! Lee wide hood unglued (8 replies)
Shutter speed tester, marketed under the name "ALVANDI" (7 replies)
Graflex Crown Graphic Rear Yoke Guide Installation Questions (6 replies)
Copal shutter springs (2 replies)
Rochester Universal 5x7 Bellow Repair or Replace (7 replies)
Convert speed graflex to 1/1000 universal shutter with 3D printing (13 replies)
11x14 focal length question (10 replies)
Durst Filmetta maintenance - pure evil (0 replies)
Shutter Cleaning DIY / (24 replies)
Some questions about diy 4x5 (8 replies)
3D Printed Cooke knuckler Soft Focus Portrait lens (1 replies)
11x14 plate holder adapter for film (4 replies)
How to clean up metal on old folding camera (6 replies)
Ebony SV45TE and Linhof Reflex viewer Modification (17 replies)
Deardorff DIY Shutter Box (0 replies)
DIY ground glass - How to leave lines. (18 replies)
Aero Ektar 178mm f2.5 lens element cleaning (2 replies)
My DIY camera backpack for Calumet CC401 4x5 camera part 1 (14 replies)
ANSI Holder Dims (2 replies)
Focus rail for 4x5 camera (2 replies)
How thick are popsicle sticks? (19 replies)
A simple 11x14 roll film camera (7 replies)
Mounting a lens and Tiny Screws. (11 replies)
Advice on Cleaning a lens from 1850 (approx) (18 replies)
Wood Screw Alignment? (7 replies)
T-distance for Rittreck 6x10 holder? (0 replies)
Copal #3 service manual? (5 replies)
How to fix a stiff Majestic head (8 replies)
Splitters! (4 replies)
Bellows Construction (3 replies)
1929 8X10 NEW Camera Parts (0 replies)
JB Weld Tested (29 replies)
Antique Brass Flange: Problem with cleaning off Gobbets Of Solder (25 replies)
Servo controlled large format 3d printed leaf shutter (17 replies)
Plans for a Professional Grade Leaf Shutter Tester (9 replies)
How to extend the focal length on a DIY lens? (6 replies)
DIY aluminium 110mm x 110mm lens boards for Toyo Field camera (0 replies)
Bell extension factor vs. effective aperture (11 replies)
Recommended light-tight materials for camera construction? (13 replies)
Cleaning and maintaining Wista 45SP (1 replies)
Resource for Brass Lens Era Screws? (6 replies)
8x10 Film Holder with glass for scanning (DSLR, maybe flatbed?) (0 replies)
8x10 TLR (9 replies)
DIY?: 20x24 to 24x32" RA4 NovaPrint Processor Style Portable Print Processing (8 replies)
Deardorff Light Leak (6 replies)
Source for Replacement Knobs? (9 replies)
Glue used to make bellow. (22 replies)
Making as much of a DIY 8x10 camera as I could (20 replies)
My DIY 4x5 Monorail Camera (Jon Grepstad design) (4 replies)
Sinar flash synchro lead adapter (2 replies)
Has anyone made Technika boards out of wood? (20 replies)
DIY Head Steady Cheap for Portraits (2 replies)
Wood Field Camera Repair Question: How to remove the focus knob on the Pinion? (16 replies)
Removing old tape residue from film holders (16 replies)
Am looking to purchase a new 8 x 10 Ground Glass rear assembly new? Possible? (3 replies)
Focusing hood with lens, anyone made one? (9 replies)
Horseman 980 movements almost jammed (19 replies)
Ground Glass Questions & Thoughts (11 replies)
5x7 Kodak 2D Back (4 replies)
Replacement Bellows (8 replies)
Displaying Large Format Chromes (15 replies)
1898 Thornton Pickard Ruby Bellows (6 replies)
Question regarding ground glass frame/film holder. (7 replies)
Linhof 5" x 4" back fitted to Gandolfi 5" x 4" Tailboard camera (0 replies)
Add a bail to the back or ??? (2 replies)
Troubleshooting an erratic Compur 3 electronic shutter (video) (15 replies)
Restoring a Horseman Woodman 45 - Best place for parts? (6 replies)
Converting my Omega D-2 enlarger to LED illumination (36 replies)
On The Hunt For Bellows Materials (36 replies)
May i pick your brain about an advanced Solargraphy question? (11 replies)
DIY wide angle 4X5 camera I made at work (aircraft maintenance facility) (12 replies)
Adapting a fresnel to an 11x14 Chamonix? (1 replies)
Citizen shutter? (3 replies)
Calumet 8x10 C1 Green Monster Paint Color Matching (7 replies)
Fabrication of a reflex back for a LF camera? (10 replies)
Century Master Studio Camera Restoration (53 replies)
Sheet metal flatness / availability (17 replies)
Bellows attachment frame (6 replies)
Help Identify Lens Issue.. Can it be cleaned? (2 replies)
Lens Making with Optical Glass Cubes and Water Jet Cutter (1 replies)
Alternative to McMaster-Carr that ships to the EU (16 replies)
Sinar Upright Shim (3d Print) (4 replies)
Horseman 8x10 Homemade Tripod Block (1 replies)
How do I remove this Sinar part? (8 replies)
My DIY 8x10 Frankencamera (42 replies)
Baltic or Finnish Baltic Birch for lens boards? (24 replies)
What is tripod ring+plate called? (2 replies)
5x7 holder depth to septum (14 replies)
Custom lens caps? (13 replies)
Zone VI antique enlarger head (5 replies)
4x5 Stereographic Camera Project (4 replies)
Advice about nickel plating please (12 replies)
Sanderson "Hand and Stand" Quarter Plate modified for 9X12cm (6 replies)
Any advice on cutting your own museum glass? (23 replies)
Seeking Advice on Waterproofing Custom Built Wood Trays (16 replies)
Refinished LF Wood Camera 'coating' Melting (24 replies)
Curtain shutter repair on a 13x18 Mentor Panorama (1 replies)
Another Agfa Ansco 8x10 Restoration (8 replies)
My 20x24 Camera Build (11 replies)
Viewlex Inc Type I 6 in f/6.3 (2 replies)
Baush & Lomb Automat shutter retarding pump air cylinder (0 replies)
DIY - remove fine focus knob Sinar P2 (0 replies)
Help me with Paint (30 replies)
More photos of gel filter holder (1 replies)
DIY behind-the-lens gel filter holder (1 replies)
a Compur shutter with issues (2 replies)
DIY Sensitometer (6 replies)
Where to get small brass U-channel stock for contact printing frame? (7 replies)
Deformed Wood Frame (15 replies)
kodak-pony-premo-3-basic-questions (0 replies)
Pacemaker Speed Graphic rear bellows machine screw thread size/pitch (0 replies)
Remove paint from lens outside (6 replies)
Super (speed) Graphic (3 replies)
Smarter material for ground glass shim? (23 replies)
3D Print: Sinar locking levers (1 replies)
3D print: Sinar 00 lens board (0 replies)
Quick and Dirty Lens Caps (5 replies)
Wheelbarrow Handles are a bargain (19 replies)
Need a glue suggestion (5 replies)
Best adhesive to repair Canham 4 x 10 film holder (7 replies)
Measuring old lens threads (16 replies)
Adapting a Projector Lens (18 replies)
In the Round 6 Way Imager (0 replies)
Bellows Tape (13 replies)
Trouble releasing front element retaining ring of 178mm Kodak Ektar - images included (6 replies)
Linhof 5x7 Bi-Kardan repair and/or CLA (1 replies)
Small fasteners for bellows standards? (3 replies)
LF: Stainless Spring Steel for Rear Standard (5 replies)
For Sharing: My Wisner 11x14 Restoration (6 replies)
Making Odd Sized Batteries (16 replies)
Linhof Technika V 13x18/5x7 covering and hood (0 replies)
Possible corrosion on rear standard of Graflex Speed Graphic. Cause and Remedy needed (8 replies)
Ottewill folding sliding box camera (6 replies)
Spring for Synchro-compur shutter (6 replies)
DIY ULF Lenses - 3D printing resin, epoxy casting or sand casting? (33 replies)
What issues are there with this Aero Ektar lens - and how can I repair them? (5 replies)
making shutter blades? (7 replies)
Plaubel Peco (4 replies)
Article on digitalizing film with a digital camera, including color negatives (27 replies)
Tutorial: convert regular cable release to work with Horseman/Seiko shutters (1 replies)
How not to drill a lens board (23 replies)
To build a Large format lens w/ an aero military lens & a shutter (4 replies)
Anybody used condenser lenses to build a taking lens? (18 replies)
Tachihara 4x5 Bellows Replacement (6 replies)
3D Printed Sinar Lens Boards (4 replies)
Wisner 11x14 Restoration (1 replies)
Whar are the implications of using a thicker ground glass than is standard? (10 replies)
Remote Mechanical Cable Release (0 replies)
LED enlarger head questions, elgatosuizo's design (20 replies)
3d Printed offset for Lomograflok with ground glass holder attachment (1 replies)
5x7 Kodak 2-D Restoration (2 replies)
2D to Omega Lens Board Adapter (6 replies)
5x7 Kodak 2-D in real use (16 replies)
Macro lens set (26 replies)
Lens element sources and specs? (29 replies)
Gluing camera screws (21 replies)
Show your 3D printed LF photography related thing (75 replies)
What do I need to do to use a R.O.&C. Co Telephoto Cycle Poco D ? (6 replies)
New darkroom sink options (19 replies)
3d printing lens boards (13 replies)
Converting a speed graphic into an SLR (69 replies)
Repair missing broken tenon (8 replies)
Help with routing a centered through slot for 20x24 front standard (13 replies)
frosted glass vs film plane difference. (7 replies)
Shutter Speed Tester (14 replies)
TAP Plastics/Acme Plastics experience? (29 replies)
Rack and pinion for 20x24 (7 replies)
Linhof tilt lever dismantle (0 replies)
Enlarger sizing (11 replies)
Wisner bag bellows (2 replies)
Custom parts for lens adapters, etc. (9 replies)
Paracord uses (5 replies)
Tight Shutter Screw (8 replies)
Making ground glass??? (7 replies)
Building a 4x5 (27 replies)
Plastics question for film developing (25 replies)
End grain glue joints versus side grain (18 replies)
Bellows glue (13 replies)
I Built Myself a 16×20-Inch Camera in 10 Hours (10 replies)
I Built an 8×10 Paper Negative Box Camera… and It Works!.........not me (2 replies)
DIY 4x5 Point and Shoot (31 replies)
Help with my new (to me) Compur shutter (0 replies)
Building a 7x5 camera from scratch (4 replies)
Anyone have experience fixing a Rittreck View? (2 replies)
Can I remove the lens panel section easily from the various Toyo rail cameras? (4 replies)
tripod thread issues (9 replies)
Has anyone designed and built their own camera bag? (11 replies)
help identifying a camera and repair suggestion (7 replies)
Any suggestions on who to commission to help me build a camera? (16 replies)
'Journey' in trying to build a 1850 sliding box camera (32 replies)
Considering Fabricating Lens Board for Century Graphic (6 replies)
Rejuvenating Camera bellows . (14 replies)
Vintage 8x10 restauration project (28 replies)
Repair metal surface for rear shutter curtain on Graflex Speed Graphic (4 replies)
Replacement springs for Toyo-View D45M ? (1 replies)
DIY converting my afghan box camera to a 4x5 slide projector (2 replies)
6x10 Collapsible Expansion Back for Deardorff 4x5 Special (mini-banquet format) (7 replies)
DIY 14X17" Camera with crazy ideas (8 replies)
How refurbish old Gitzo Rational PL-5 head so forward/back tilt locks solidly? (8 replies)