4X5 speed Graphic

largeformat pat · Feb 4, 2013

I'm sorry in advance, This is most probably here somewhere.

I wish to make my own boards for my 4X5 Speed Graphic, Does anyone have a diagram of the board with sizes please.
Thanks Pat

EASmithV · Feb 4, 2013

It depends on which model speed you have, they take different boards. The anniversary is the easiest to make.

Fotoguy20d · Feb 5, 2013

The anniversary takes 4x4 wooden boards - easily made with a saw, router and rabbeting bit. The pacemaker uses sheet metal boards with a formed lip on the back and small raised bumps top and bottom on the front. For those, your best bet is probably an eBay seller named heavystar. I buy his undrilled ones and cut holes as needed using a drill press.

Dan

BrianShaw · Feb 5, 2013

Fotoguy20d said:
The anniversary takes 4x4 wooden boards - easily made with a saw, router and rabbeting bit.

I make them with fewer tools by using 1/8 inch baltic plywood, cut the two parts - the bigger square and the littler square, then gluing the two parts together with wood glue. I use a hand-powered jigsaw, a drill to start the blade on the lens hole, and a piece of sanding paper to smooth the sides. Takes about 20 minutes.

BrianShaw · Feb 5, 2013

... but a lot longer for the black paint to dry.

nicholai · Feb 5, 2013

Just bought an Anniversary model off of Whiteymorange, and he included four he made himself, those look incredibly easy. Just a 4x4" board with a hole. One of them has the indentation, the others dont, Quite frankly dont think its necessary.

Fotoguy20d · Feb 5, 2013

BrianShaw said:
I make them with fewer tools by using 1/8 inch baltic plywood, cut the two parts - the bigger square and the littler square, then gluing the two parts together with wood glue. I use a hand-powered jigsaw, a drill to start the blade on the lens hole, and a piece of sanding paper to smooth the sides. Takes about 20 minutes.

Shhh. Don't tell my wife I didn't need the router (and table, bits, jigs, etc)

BrianShaw · Feb 5, 2013

Fotoguy20d said:
Shhh. Don't tell my wife I didn't need the router (and table, bits, jigs, etc)

I'll be quite if you'll be quiet. I just told my wife that some guy on the internet told me that I need a router... and a new lens too.

Whiteymorange · Feb 5, 2013

As long as my name came up, tell the wife that some guy told you to buy a new car and some more tools while you're at it... but don't tell her it was me.

largeformat pat · Feb 5, 2013

Sorry guys its the anniversary

Whiteymorange · Feb 6, 2013

The anniversary boards are quite simple. As Nicholai has said, I have made quite a few of them–some as simple as black foam-core board for short term trials of barrel lenses I had access to but didn't own or want to more permanently mount.

The 4" square, 1/4" thick, is flat and needs only to have its bottom edge beveled on the inside so that the board can be tilted into its slot on the standard. Another layer of material can be added to the back, with at least a 1/4" set-back from all sides to act as a further light trap, but I haven't found it necessary. My most commonly used material for boards is Masonite, or hardboard. MDF (medium density fiberboard) seems to be taking over in most situations around here (eastern US) for many applications and I have also made boards with that. I usually just draw two lines from corner to corner on the front to mark the center and drill out the lens opening. For up to 1 3/4" I use an old-fashioned hand drill using an auger bit. A hole drill is used for the larger openings needed for old brass projection lenses, etc. I make the blanks 4 or 5 at a time and drill the holes as needed. If you are careful in your measurements, the threads of a lens or shutter without a flange can be screwed right into the masonite, cutting its own way in as it goes. Wax helps. I haven't had any problems, but you should be careful to make sure they are firmly attached to the board before you go jogging around with the camera and have the lens fall off!

I sold the Anniversary Speed to Nicholai and now have to figure out new strategies. The Pacemaker boards are much more difficult to jury-rig.:confused:

Ian Grant · Feb 6, 2013

Whiteymorange said:
The Pacemaker boards are much more difficult to jury-rig.:confused:

They are also ridiculously cheap to buy new approx $40 for 3 from Heavystar on Ebay.

I've made my own for my pre-Anniversary Speed Graphic, as you say they are very simple.

Ian

bdial · Feb 6, 2013

This thread reminds me that one of my planned projects for the little milling machine I bought last year is a pacemaker board.
No project is worthwhile unless it involves getting new tools.

winger · Feb 6, 2013

bdial said:
This thread reminds me that one of my planned projects for the little milling machine I bought last year is a pacemaker board.
No project is worthwhile unless it involves getting new tools.

My dad thinks of projects he can make which will need new toys, er tools.

E. von Hoegh · Feb 6, 2013

winger said:
My dad thinks of projects he can make which will need new toys, er tools.

I think of tools I want, then find projects for them.

Whiteymorange · Feb 6, 2013

bdial said:
This thread reminds me that one of my planned projects for the little milling machine I bought last year is a pacemaker board.
No project is worthwhile unless it involves getting new tools.

Make a few extra once you've set up the jig and I'll make it worth your while

BrianShaw · Feb 6, 2013

Whiteymorange said:
Make a few extra once you've set up the jig and I'll make it worth your while

How true!

winger · Feb 6, 2013

Whiteymorange said:
Make a few extra once you've set up the jig and I'll make it worth your while

+1

winger · Feb 6, 2013

E. von Hoegh said:
I think of tools I want, then find projects for them.

I'd bet he does, too. I think my mom lets him think she hasn't figured that out, too.

Jim Jones · Feb 7, 2013

Whiteymorange said:
. . . The Pacemaker boards are much more difficult to jury-rig.:confused:

Flat boards of fairly thin aluminum work with the Pacemaker with an accurately sized light trap attached to the back. This can be plywood, foam rubber, felt, foamcore, or almost anything else.

Whiteymorange · Feb 8, 2013

Jim Jones said:
Flat boards of fairly thin aluminum work with the Pacemaker with an accurately sized light trap attached to the back. This can be plywood, foam rubber, felt, foamcore, or almost anything else.

Great. I have lots of the "cold clips" once packaged with Polaroid cameras for developing film in cold weather. The aluminum is perfect for this, I believe, though I'll have to go into the studio now and check. The light traps are easy. I think I'll try backing the board in felt, to make the seal more even all around. If it works, I'm good to go with all those weird lenses I have/make/repurpose, etc.

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