No mine only has one, I thought perhaps it was a one off. Never really did a lot of research on the cameras. I collected perken son and rayment magic lanterns and the cameras were just to finish off the collection. Alas it got me into photography.
Interesting...it differs from mine...which has very flat metal strips as tabs at the end of the dark slides....will take a picture when I get home ...Unusual to have these two brass tabs in pic 1, pic 2 shows the internal spring back plate in this case it is hinged to the holder, Pic 3 shows the optimus logo
Last edited by Ron (Netherlands); 25-Jun-2019 at 02:15.
Here's a picture of the Perken plateholder with the metal tabs - it has the same innards as yours Andrew:
Ah Ha! I have two of those didn't know who the maker was, someone has removed most of the screws from the hinges. Will have to get them sorted. How is the construction going?? I must say I take my hat off to you for wanting to do it to specs.
Still very busy at my regular work before the holidays start.
Indeed I always do restoration 'at specs as' you call it (just restored a full plate Eastman camera which had a broken brass part), therefore also during the holidays in a couple of weeks to get enough time to do this type of restoration work.
Btw the breadboards are attached to the main board with wooden slides/stripes - you might be able to see them when looking at the side of the board. Can you say anything about the dimension of the slides (they are very tiny) - maybe a picture?
Bottom of board to strip 1/32, height of strip 1/16, top of strip to top of board 3/32. width of strip 5/16
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