I made a 11x11 camera and a 5x14 camera...kind of. I modified a couple 11x14 metal darkslides. One so that I can get two 5x14 images on a single 11x14 sheet of film, and another metal darkslide to get an 11x11 image on 11x14. Of course my Chamonix 11x14 is nice to have along, too.
I like seeing in the 5x14 format, and it doubles my film stock on hand! Actual image size is 5 x 13.625. I also enjoy working with the square -- I learned to see that way in my first years of photography using a Rolleiflex. I also happen to have 40+ sheets of 11x14 Efke100IR film that is fogged at one end -- perfectly usable though as 11x11!! (actual image size will be 10.5 x 10.5).
I happened to have a couple metal "Unbreakable" 11x14 darkslides I bought new from Calumet years ago. I used a 6" coping saw and Stanley coping saw blades (20 TPI). Scribed the line on the black darkslide -- the silver line was easy to follow. I cut on or biased outward along the line, and finished up with a file. After cutting with the saw, I drew a pencil line -- and filed the darkslide to the edge of the line.
I rounded all the corners with the file and used a Sharpie to blacked all the cut edges. I like the metal slides as I have broken the others out in the field and in my pack. These I can pound flat if needed!
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