So far I've:
-modified a monorail camera to accept a packard shutter and barrel lenses;
-stripped a field camera and sanded it down, refinished it, DIY'd a 4x5 reducing back for it;
-modified an obselete packard-like shutter to work on a spring tension and cable release behind a barrel lens;
-turned a solid wooden surveyors tripod into a camera tripod;
-successfully removed and traded the Kalart rangefinder from a Speed Graphic
-some other stuff I can't really remember
Next job: mount a lens in a shutter!!!
Thanks to Don for trading the Kalart, I had a (Polaroid) Prontor Press shutter.
I had tried to mount the Dagor 180mm elements using tape. This worked but it was far from ideal (see here: http://www.largeformatphotography.in...ad.php?t=26358) and I managed to get a nice shot from it (see here: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43...lydiard1sm.jpg )
So long story short, Don also included the pieces that originally held the Ysaron lens from the shutter. I took a drill bit to both pieces, and cleaned them out until they were just the ring with the flange/thread.
The front needed some loctite putty to hold in place.
The rear pressure-fitted tight, which is good, but the size of the rear element means it has to be screwed in after the mounting ring is on and tightened.
Both front and back rested happily on the flat side of the rings, so I need not worry about whether the pieces are parallel. I've not checked to see if the front and back are close enough, but in fairness for a first attempt I'm pretty pleased I got this far!!
Free lens (gift from grandfather)
Free shutter (well... traded for a piece of a camera)
Free mounting
That just saved me a few hundred on SK or LensN2
You can see the putty from through the rear. To avoid any issues that will be painted matt black in the coming days.
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