Sanderson Regular (Tropical?) rebadged Harrington & Co.

Ian Grant · Jul 1, 2021

The re-badging was very common. It;s surprising thatt the Sanderson bellows aren't as robust as some other Houghton cameras but then Houghton's was a wholesaler who owned or rather alamagamaed with smaller manufacturers and also had cameras made for them by Butcher well before they officially merged. Even buy the 1930's the sahre-holdings of Houghton Butcher still reflected the owners of the companies taht formed Houghton Ltd in 1904 and the later Butcher mergers.

Ian

Ron (Netherlands) · Jul 6, 2021

awty said:
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The Mahogany used for your camera is very nice; at least many parts as shown in you pictures are made of so-called fiddleback Mahogany; by many considered one of the finest (in terms of decorative) of this type of Hunduran Mahogany.

awty · Jul 7, 2021

Not only that Ron, its very light. Think I can keep it to the 1.5kg mark, excluding lens, when finished.

Made a rise and fall board from an old half plate dark board, just needed a slight trim and some backing ply to thicken up.

Made the lens board holder from another dark slide and some parts I robbed from an old copy stand.
Just need to make the lens board slide for a little left and right shift, then make it light tight and tidy up.

awty · Jul 16, 2021

All done, time to field test.

Ron (Netherlands) · Jul 17, 2021

very nice bellows; where from or self made?

awty · Jul 17, 2021

Ron (Netherlands) said:
very nice bellows; where from or self made?

I had them made for me, took a bit of communication till they understood what I wanted, but in the end they got it right and were delivered in less than a week. I did a better job installing than I did with my Victo bellows, its a bit easier once you know how. Just need to tidy it up once I finished testing and know everything is working.
Weight worked out at around 2kg without lens, not bad. Wil make a nice cheap field camera.

awty · Jul 19, 2021

Makes negatives for picture making.

awty · Jul 24, 2021

I picked up a 6x10 increasing back this week and I intend converting it to 8x10 and fit to the Sanderson.

awty · Jul 25, 2021

Made the adapter, cut to allow 8x10 film holder, made the pressure plate. Just need to cut a 8x10 window for the ground glass, make a 8x10 ground glass and paint....fix light leaks.

awty · Jul 31, 2021

Made a 8x10 ground glass.

All finished, the focal length of ground glass to infinity seems correct, cant find any light leaks. Can see lens on all four corners.

Just need to make a new fixing for the front standard to lock in @ 250mm infinity. Luckily the front standard can swing backwards to achieve.

Obi-Dan Kenobi · Feb 27, 2022

awty said:
Made a new film back to take 4x5 film out of some Silky Oak I have lying around.
Just need to give a final sand and a good shellacing on exposed parts and matt black on the other bits.

Now onto the front, I have some pieces of mahogany veneer on thin ply I have left over from some speakers I made awhile back. Also some plate copper for the rise and fall.

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hi; nice thropy you found there, can you please tell me the size of the front plate?

Sanderson Regular (Tropical?) rebadged Harrington & Co.

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