My 8x10 camera build

[Roger Thoms]

Yep, can never have to many clamps. Jim, looks like things are coming along nicely. Always enjoy your camera builds, you make it look so easy.

Roger

 

[Laurent]

Very nice build, this is soooo tempting (I built a rather crude mono rail 4x5 but do no own it anymore. I enjoyed the building process though)

 

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Thanks everyone. I need to keep busy seeing as how I won't see my significant other until June:-(

So here is another update. I took a couple of days to carefully put together the back frame and ground glass frame. The holder slides in perfectly and the T depth is right on the money. I have the glass but I need to make the clips. I have the stainless steel to fabricate them from so let's get busy Mr. Dremel!

 

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Time for a little update. So here is a rough picture and update. Erik Larsen was kind enough to send me a bellows he had made at Western Bellows that he is not going to use. Looks like it will work. I'll know for sure in the morning but it looks real good. Now I need to step it up! Just need to fabricate some more stainless and drill a bunch of holes and get ready for a dry assembly real soon. So I just need to find a name for it. The Fitzinator? Fitzphil? Chamofitz? Fitzonet?

 

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Pre-assembly layout.

 

[NedL]

That is a thing of beauty. Wonderful work!

 

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Ned, thanks. I hope to get it finished this weekend or first of the week.

 

[Curt]

Jim it looks great! I'm just catching up on posts. This build was quicker than the others, the first one is always harder.

 

[jcc]

Those look amazing!!!

 

[ic-racer]

I love threads like this. Thanks for posting!

 

[Jim Fitzgerald]

doing some redesign. Once you get to the finish stage and things come together you see things differently.... or at least I do. Nothing major but something to fix now.