Well I thought I'd kick off my first post with some of this weeks work.
Got myself a box of old wooden bits and bellows full of spiders and after
many long hours sanding, polishing, oiling plus a new screen and set of bellows
from Birmingham here she is. The latest edition to the family: Ansco 21. Pre Agfa now finished in turk oil.
Hello from England x
Yes, a thing of beauty, ready for 80 more years +
Thank you. She's 4x5 now.
WOW! Beautiful work Marcaeon! If I didn't know better I'd thought you were showing a museum piece. I wish you'd have posted a few (and slightly larger) photos of your camera.
Fantastic. Can we see a picture of it folded up? (and bigger!)
Steve.
I will have a go..I have some photos from Monday when it was in bits. I made a mistake with the first attempt because I put a lacquer coating on the brass but after a few movements it looked really terrible from scratches so it all had to come off again. This photo is mid work, old bellows with the chipped varnish etc
Here she is in bits. My girlfriend laughed when I said 10 hours. Ok maybe it was a bit more. The last part of the camera to be "really" complete are the lens boards. I took it to the local wood chap who said straight away its 1926 wood. Looking on amazed I asked how he knew and its to do with Castro and what he did. Anyway. He has "did have" one lovely bit of furniture that was made of the stuff and yes, its been chopped up just for the lens boards so they match. I've really enjoyed spending the time on it. First camera I have owned that I feel really is mine, funny because I expect all the previous owners are passed on now. I hope maybe one day someone will find it again, full of cobwebs and looking like it needs the bin only to restore it. I feel that its a lucky camera somehow. Daft I know but there you go. Thank you for the warm welcome to the forum.
She's a beauty!
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
And folded up as requested. I've put it next to the Wista 4x5 and the Toyo CF so you can see that she isn't, that small but then, not that big. Quite heavy but worth it. Still a bit to do on it but one day at a time, but for now, its time to load some film.
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