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    Help! What enlarger for these lens boards ?

    In cleaning up I found a number of flat metal 3 1/4 in square lens boards. Does anybody know what enlarger they are for?
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    BartClick image for larger version. 

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    Re: Help! What enlarger for these lens boards ?

    Are you sure these are for an enlarger?

    I ask this question, possibly the stupidest of the day, because y'r picture shows a slot on the side of the hole. These are common in boards for taking lenses. A locating screw sticking out of the back of the shutter goes in the slot to prevent the shutter from rotating on the board.

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    Re: Help! What enlarger for these lens boards ?

    What does the other side look like? Entirely flat, or are there any surface features?

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    Re: Help! What enlarger for these lens boards ?

    3.25" square lens boards, 25" thick with a .25" wide by .125" deep rabbet around the rear edge, was a common size many decades ago. Among the cameras that accepted these boards were Watson Press, B&J Speed Press, Graflex 3A, R. B. Speed (all 2.25x3.250, Speed Press, Auto Graflex, R.B. Series D Graflex (All 3.25x4.25, Folmer Press 3.25x5.5, Folmer Press (old style 4x5), and Auto Graflex 4x5.

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    Re: Help! What enlarger for these lens boards ?

    I agree with Dan.
    Looks to me like a lens board for a 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 Anniversary Speed Graphic... probably fits others, too.
    YMMV

    Edit: Jim posted a more comprehensive list
    Last edited by Dugan; 15-Mar-2019 at 19:27. Reason: slow on the uptake.

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    Re: Help! What enlarger for these lens boards ?

    No, these boards are dead flat, metal, not wood, no rebate, about 1/8" thick. They are not Graflex type B boards. Here is a picture of what else was in the box that the boards fit. Looks like the lens stage and an extension for a Bessler 67, except those boards were 2 5/8 sq.Click image for larger version. 

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    Re: Help! What enlarger for these lens boards ?

    I have some of these somewhere, and I think they came in a box for a Polaroid MP-3 with a Copal and Pronto shutter for that copy camera, but I don't have it out to measure them...

    That's my bet...

    Steve K

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    Re: Help! What enlarger for these lens boards ?

    Steve-
    Thank you very much. I think you are right. I had several MP-3 outfits that I bought for the lenses, shutters and bases and dismantled. I'll bet I saved these from that project thinking I could make a "top hat" lens board for the 7x17 outfit I just sold off.
    Bart

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