This summer I'm going to be building an 8x10 monorail LF camera based off of Jon Grepstad's plans. Looking over the manual can get a little overwhelming at times. It's all good info, just a lot of info. Just curious if anyone on here has took a swing at building their own camera based of Jon's plans, and if so, if you have any tips or advice you'd liked to share.

ex.. Material used, lens, bellows, ground glass, film holders, mistakes made, etc...

I'm mainly looking to use this camera to make tintypes and know I'm going to have to convert a film holder to do so. So, if you have advice on that as well, please share.

Thanks!
-Micah