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Rider
8-Jul-2007, 09:09
The Graflex.org site wasn't too helpful on this point, except to note that the size changed at one point.

What size boards do the Speed Graphics take?

Walter Calahan
8-Jul-2007, 09:34
Not saying you should buy this lens board, but this auction site actually put a tape measure to a speed graphic lens board so you can see the correct size.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Graflex-lens-board-for-4x5-Speed-Crown-Graphic-Copal-1_W0QQitemZ270141939707QQihZ017QQcategoryZ29979QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Hope that's helpful.

Don't forget the lens board should be drilled out to fit your shutter properly.

Ash
8-Jul-2007, 09:47
My Anni Speed takes lensboards that are a fraction under 4" on either side.

Jim Galli
8-Jul-2007, 11:06
The older speeds like my 1946 model took a wood 4X4" board that will swap out with many others like Zone VI, Deardorff, Wisner, and others. The Graflex boards are usually painted black and have a C impressed in the back.

John Curran
8-Jul-2007, 11:48
The Graflex.org site wasn't too helpful on this point, except to note that the size changed at one point.

What size boards do the Speed Graphics take?

Mine is 100mm square. It is beveled on the back side 5mm in from each edge.

Greg Lockrey
8-Jul-2007, 11:56
3 11/16 x 3 5/8" or 93.66mm x 92.07mm are on mine.

Jim Jones
8-Jul-2007, 14:45
Over many years and many film sizes there have been many sizes of Speed Graphic boards. The early ones were wood, and can be easily duplicated with modern material such as hardboard or MDF. Later ones were formed from aluminum. Rider, if you want to know the diminsions of the board for a particular Speed Graphic, let us know. Someone can either look it up or measure theirs.

Rider
10-Jul-2007, 06:34
Too bad that the later Speed graphics abandoned the 4x4 wooden boards. They're much easier to work with than the 3.5" metal boards; but I guess back then metal was more modern.

John Cahill
12-Jul-2007, 18:18
I saw an adapter on eekBay which allowed the Crown Graphic boards to be mounted on the old ca. 4"x4" Annie Boards. I would have bought it, at 20 bucks, "Buy it Now," price, but the guy wanted 15 bucks for postage. I mean all it needed was a padded envelop and some stamps. I queried him on it, but never got an answer and the board disappeared from sale.
John, Mount Vernon, Virginia USA

Ole Tjugen
12-Jul-2007, 23:09
I have a few of the flimsy metal boards that I don't use.

I also have one of those adapters which I don't use.

Postage from Norway is high, but not $15 high - more like $6 plus envelope.

Anyone need one?

Denis Pleic
13-Jul-2007, 00:06
I have a few of the flimsy metal boards that I don't use.

I also have one of those adapters which I don't use.

Postage from Norway is high, but not $15 high - more like $6 plus envelope.

Anyone need one?

Ole, I'm sending you a PM!

Denis

Ole Tjugen
13-Jul-2007, 01:19
That's funny - I could only find ONE of the stamped metal boards - and that's got a shutter attached to it. So I guess I've already given away the others?

But anyway it's enough to show the different types and what the adapter looks like:

Rider
13-Jul-2007, 16:28
I finally got myself a Speedgraphic, but the three boards that came with it are not useful to me: two are drilled for a 30mm, and one is 50mm.

Jim Jones
13-Jul-2007, 17:45
I've modified late Speed Graphic boards for smaller size shutters by mounting a MDF or hardboard panel on their front.

Rider
13-Jul-2007, 17:47
What's an MDF?

village idiot
14-Jul-2007, 02:00
Medium Density Fiberboard. (sawdust and glue)