Recent content by steve

You might want to actually know what you talking about before you make statements that show you truly don't understand printing processes. Not any different than making additional photographic prints from a negative or transparency - once you have the film processed you can make a nearly...

Good idea. There are poisonous snakes, large spiders, and people often carry guns....please, stay as far away as possible....

Depends on where you're going after "south of I-40." There is nothing south of I-40 that equals "some version of Santa Fe." The problem you have is once you're headed on an east-west road you can't go north - south easily; and vice versa. The eastern side of the state is flat with...

Fine - what's the point of wasting so much energy bashing something "truly stupid"? I don't get it. It serves no purpose - other than as an attempt at validition of your point-of-view. If you're that insecure about your working methods, no amount of self validation through ridicule of another...

I don't understand all of the energy constantly expended on this website bashing digital work. The real problem with most digital work is that the people aren't using it to its fullest extent, and are merely trying to replicate photographic effects. If you look at the complete digital...

You don't understand print making. Lithographs, intaglio prints, and relief prints are all originals - even though there may be multiple copies. The printing media (stone, plate, or wood / linoleum block) is not considered the original piece of art because the image is reversed, is not in the...

The weight difference may not be all as great as you'd imagine. You can use thinner sections with stainless because it's stiffer. I had experimented at one point with a novel hinge system that I had been working on with a machinist which would do away with the need to machine the body of a...

Most of the stainless I weld needs to be clean on both sides so back purging helps keep the back of the weld cleaner making final finishing easier. It also seems to make the weld on the back side smoother as you don't get carbon dioxide in the air combining with the heated metal.

You're absolutely correct. I don't gas weld anything. I only use the gas setup for brazing, silver soldering, or preheating before welding. Stainless is quite easy to weld with MIG and TIG equipment. The MIG is no more difficult than welding regular steel. You just need a little more...

I never said stainless would be a better choice for making a camera - you're projecting whatever you want into my response. My comments do not address making a camera from the materials only the base working characteristics of each material. The statements made in the original post about...

I don't know any welder that would think that it is more difficult to weld stainless steel than to weld aluminum. Stainless welds like regular steel with stick, MIG, or TIG. In fact, you can weld stainless with E70 if you don't have 308 rod or wire available. The only problem is the weld will...

Wow...imagine that...and to think I used to be a Deardorff dealer and never figured that out...

I don't classify myself as a normal person, so I can see the benefits of using a Holga. If you have the vision to see when to use one they're the perfect tool. Your comments on your all metal camera are totally specious. The material a camera is made out of has no bearing on it's worth for...

The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Dept. would respond to the call. They are the straightest, most professional group you can deal with. I would have no hesitation dealing with them. You, are in my estimation, way out of line with your description. The Sheriff, Darren White is a long time law...