Up to now have used a U shaped clear plexiglass protector. Side of the protector that is inserted into the film slot is way shorter than the long dimension of the film holder. Was worried that this could eventually warp the wooded GG back. But that was the least of my present worries. The outside part of the plexiglass GG protector resided almost in contact with the GG. There is pretty much no layer of shock absorption, and the shock of something striking the plexiglass is transmitted to the GG... happened to me in a "freak" accident that broke the GG but not the GG protector :-(.
So now am looking for a design of a GG protector (probably with multiple layers) that I can fabricate for all my view cameras. Thin sheet of foam, thin sheet of 1/8" modeler's plywood, Foamcore, Gaterfoam, sheet(s), don't know what it's called, but looks like cardboard but made out of plastic, maybe 2 sheets of it with one at a 90 degree angle to the other, and what else is out there???
In the end want a rigid GG protector but with a layer of ? which would absorb the shock of a directly focused hit.
thanks....
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