[QUOTE=Steve M Hostetter;594958]Hi Steve.
You are right there. The feet are small cabinet knobs. The bracket for the handle is a drawer handle, the handle itself is made of 4 pieces of oak quarter round glued together. The knobs and the drawer handle were bought at a local hardware shop, no particular brand as I remember. Sorry.
The handle is up for replacement, too small and cramped against the camera. Will post picture of new handle in a few days.
@ Igor: Thanks a lot for this hint - I was already looking for another cheap but sturdy tripod with a lower minimum height. And I'm glad I'm not the only one carrying a monstrous Schiansky :-)
@ Ian: Fantastic work! I'm all thumbs when it comes to repairing things but maybe I should have a second look at the „Dr. R. Krugeners Delta No. 210 with Extra-Rapid-Aplanat“ resting in the cabinet...
Just picked this up yesterday, can't wait to use it!
Arca-Swiss Discovery, with standard bellows, compendium hood, Fuji Quickload holder. The lens in use is a 210mm and with a 30cm rail that gives you just enough to focus about 4'.
@ alex best: What a beauty! What is it? A 8x10 from the 50s?
@ Darren H: Great set-up! I have a similar F-Line, with a standard rail and the locking-mechanics for the horizontal shift look different too... How do you like the compendium - I think about getting one but this stuff is a bit pricey and I don't know if it's to cumbersome to use in the field.
I just love all the camera´s here. Every single one has its own merits, designs where different needs find different solutions - brilliant. Some very different, some old, some new, some hand made, some DIY, but all beautiful none the less.
Thank you Nana, very much appreciated. When going through the process of thought and design, your 4x5 P+S was one of the major, if not the major inspiration. That and the pictures you were able to capture with it. I owe you a lot of thanks. Here´s a thread over on RFF where I went from one thought to another culminating on this design (if you can call it that, it was more like an organic process). Page 2 starts to show my inspirations, yours amongst them.
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/foru...ad.php?t=85548
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