Jim Fitzgerald
15-Jan-2011, 08:48
As some of you know I have built two other ULF cameras with hand tools in my apartment. They work very well indeed. This time I decided to step it up a bit and have my good friend Matt Blais help me with the joinery. He has a nice Shopmaster and has been of great help.
We are at the point in the build where everything is done except the back with the GG. The bellows should be coming in from Custom Bellows soon and I already have 500 sheets of green x-ray film ( anyone need any?) and holders from Sandy King. Beautiful walnut ones that match the camera very nice.
The camera in the picture is 30" in length without the extension rail. The front movements are geared rise and fall, tilt and swing. The rear movements are geared tilt, swing and shift. So far it comes in at 17 lbs. I'm thinking when complete it should meet my projected weight of 20-22 lbs. Not to bad for a 14x17 walnut camera. Yes I have a tripod and head that will handle the beast. The 610 Nikkor weights in at 4 lbs and one of Sandy's holders is about 3 lbs. The bellows?
I started this in August of last year and like always have taken my time. The walnut is hand polished to 1500 grit and then waxed with some very nice French paste wax that Matt has. I based the design on an 11x14 Folmer & Schwing that Tri Tran has.
The pictures are small as they were taken with my cell phone and I'll get some good ones up at a later date.
Jim
We are at the point in the build where everything is done except the back with the GG. The bellows should be coming in from Custom Bellows soon and I already have 500 sheets of green x-ray film ( anyone need any?) and holders from Sandy King. Beautiful walnut ones that match the camera very nice.
The camera in the picture is 30" in length without the extension rail. The front movements are geared rise and fall, tilt and swing. The rear movements are geared tilt, swing and shift. So far it comes in at 17 lbs. I'm thinking when complete it should meet my projected weight of 20-22 lbs. Not to bad for a 14x17 walnut camera. Yes I have a tripod and head that will handle the beast. The 610 Nikkor weights in at 4 lbs and one of Sandy's holders is about 3 lbs. The bellows?
I started this in August of last year and like always have taken my time. The walnut is hand polished to 1500 grit and then waxed with some very nice French paste wax that Matt has. I based the design on an 11x14 Folmer & Schwing that Tri Tran has.
The pictures are small as they were taken with my cell phone and I'll get some good ones up at a later date.
Jim