Hi there guys, we dont have a catalogue for large format cameras just the smaller cameras, lenses and accessories (34th edition).
so over the last few days we have:
camera - Cleaned off the grime and with very fine wire wool and wax cleaned up the woodwork as much as we want to.
camera base - dismantled, hovered out spiders etc and then cleaned as per camera
stand - as per camera, it has got one loose piece of timber which needs gluing and it has a water stain on one part but we havent decided whether to try and fix that or accept it as signs of its past life. havent needed to oil the gears as the ebay seller did it and they move beautifully.
we are leaning towards leaving the bellows as they are and most likely the water stain as this was a work horse of a camera not an immaculate prized possession so that is probably the path we will stick with, however we really like the bellows support and will most likely have a go at making that just to help the bellows in their old age.
we have an enlarger and the front looks very very similar to this camera so that gives us somewhere to start with building the front. (See pics).
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