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[Tin Can]

RIP

Many died for Vietnam

My cousin too

[ic-racer]

Hmm...I thought it was to keep the front of the bed out of the photo.

The rear is tilted all the way back to its stop. This keeps the front rails out of the image.
The base tilt on the lens is tilted more than the back. This allows the lens to come all the way to the ground glass. It can actually touch, so the minimal focal length is zero.
The front axial tilt is adjusted so the lensboard is parallel to the ground glass. Opening the upper clips on the GG back and swinging it out a tad allows one to see, from the inside, both front and rear openings and it is easy to align them parallel.
This is all possible due to the presence of both front axis and base tilts not found on the other Phillips-style cameras.

What is not easy is centering the lens. The view from the corners is too dim. The lens has to be centered with a ruler.