$100 DYI 8x10 camera

[MMELVIS]

Very nice work

[grzybu]

I got two rails, 30 and 70cm so I should be pretty versatile. Rail is 25x25x1.5mm aluminium. Looks like it's most stable part of the camera

[grimoald]

Czesc!
Great job, I really like it! I made 4x5 using the same project sources, but my camera weren't stable (tripod mount ). Now I'm looking for diy lf enlarger.

[mdarnton]

The weakness I can see is that there might not be enough friction to keep the lens panel and back in their straight positions when you want them there. You might consider adding the kind of stabilization that B&J put on their view cameras--a second removable bolt down below the pivot to hold the board and back in place in their 0 degree tilt positions, as you can see on the back here: http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4102/4...4cf9a294_o.jpg On the front, they just used a slider on the back of the standard that acted like the lens board l slider, to fix the front in line with the standard (you can see the same strategy in that photo on the bottom, to keep the front from swinging), but a similar bolt on the front would work fine. One hole and a thumb screw would do the job.

[grzybu]

You're right. Adding another bolt in rear frame looks like good idea. I still have few things to fix.

[C. D. Keth]

Re: the big front standard. It keeps you from having to make a tapered bellows.

[grzybu]

This was the reason I've made big one. But tapered bellow won't be much harder to make after I've made straight one. It's just cardboard.

[Raf]

bNice job over there, congradulations!
I am also trying to make one, I wonder if you would mind to show the back a little more, the spring I mean. I am still not clear how you did it.

[BetterSense]

Exactly what kind of cardboard did you use?

[grzybu]

bNice job over there, congradulations!
I am also trying to make one, I wonder if you would mind to show the back a little more, the spring I mean. I am still not clear how you did it.

I've used round metal bar instead of spring. It works quite good, but I may over-complicated it a little bit. Now I see it could be little bit simpler. But it works.