DIY Easel

[Reticenti]

To save money, I want to make my own easel. How could I go about doing this?
I was thinking a board with a ruler on each side. Then get some type of cloth or leather for the blades, and somehow attach them to the other side so that I can move them freely. Maybe attach them to a moving peg on both sides? (The biggest that I would need to go is 8x10, maybe 11x14 if I felt crazy enough)

What are your ideas?

Thanks

 

[wildbill]

check my posts. i made some with baltic birch and aluminum. pictures included in post

 

[Curt]

If you have a Walmart near by check the office supply area for some really really inexpensive stainless steel rulers, very nice and would make some great blades for an easel. Four blades would be cheap and if you can line up the numbers you would have a blade mask with measurements, wouldn't that be cool?

 

[Neal]

Dear Reticenti,

8x10 easels are almost being given away. You should be able to get one off of ebay for under $15 shipping included. Check the local Craig's List, you might get one for $1.

Neal Wydra

 

[harveyje]

If you want borderless you can take a piece of plywood (thicker than 1/4"), paint it yellow, outline formats with black stripes, and then use 3M spray to hold the paper in place during exposure.

 

[Monophoto]

When I started out, I used a sheet of 3/4" plywood with white laminate on one side. (You could also use a "sink cutout".) I glued a strip of narrow strip of the laminate to the face to act as a stop, and then marked out the perimeter of the paper using a black felt-tip pen with the strip of laminate as one edge. Then, i put small tabs of double-stick masking tape in the corners.

I could easily compose using the image projected onto the white plastic laminate. Then, apply the paper, pressing lightly to stick it to the double stick masking tape.

Periodically - every few months - it was necessary to replace the masking tape, but that wasn't a big deal.

 

[kiku]

"Walmart", what's that? Howard Tanger

If you have a Walmart near by...

 

[Reticenti]

If you want borderless you can take a piece of plywood (thicker than 1/4"), paint it yellow, outline formats with black stripes, and then use 3M spray to hold the paper in place during exposure.

I like this idea, So much that I might build one. My one concern is that once I use the 3M spray, my prints will be all sticky on the backside. Does anyone here use it and know if it will leave a residue on the paper?

And I do have a Wal*Mart nearby. It's actually turning into a Super Wal*Mart.

 

[harveyje]

there is a 3M spray (I can's remember the name) that I have used with RC paper that did not leave a residue.