flash powder gun replica

[Pokorny]

i am interested in making a replica of the old time flash gun that uses flash powder except i am going to adapting a electronic flash as the light source for safety so dose anyone have any dimensions of these units thak you

 

[Alan Gales]

This may be of interest to you. It looks like the original trays were of various sizes.

http://jorj.org/blog/?p=2654

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[Pokorny]

thank you for the information it was exactly what i was looking for. i am building a field camera for my 4x5 hobby and this will go with the design i am making thank you again Terry Pokorny

 

[Whiteymorange]

Want to buy a real one? I have both the tray and the trough variety that I will surely never use.

 

[Jim Jones]

Consider a replica that fires the smallest flash bulbs. Flash bulbs put out a lot of light for their size, and don't require the high voltage, moderately complex circuitry, or capacitors that involved in electronic flash.

 

[Dave in Kansas]

Why not use the real thing? I don't know the sources of flash powder these days, but I always thought it would be fun to use it exactly as it was used in the olden days.