Tripod legs.

[LargishFormat]

Evening all.

I have picked up a Butcher & Sons "the national" currently with a 6" cooke Primoplane which i think is a little short, its definitely not the original lens, you should see the state of the Lens board its on

Couple of bits and pieces that need sorted on it but its largely okay. Pretty familiar with all the woodworking aspects including hide glue so can do a gentle touch repair to get it up and running.

Anyway

I can't start fixing things for now but i do have one question regarding tripod legs, it has a built in brass turntable "thingy" and i get how the seperate legs engage. But what strikes we as a bit sketchy is that nothing restricts the legs splaying to far? putting quite alot of stress on the relatively delicat brass ring. Is it really just the placement of the feet preventing the whole lot crashing down? Or have i missed something? If someone has a photo of it all together i would love to see it.

Quite fancy having a go at building a set of legs for it.

 

[Dan Fromm]

For curiosity, which size is your camera? FWIW, the TTH Primoplane is a wide angle lens; the VM says that it covers 90 degrees.

 

[LargishFormat]

Ah, i did mea to put that detail in. Its a half plate.

I had got as far asits wide angle lens but i assume thats in relation to a whole plate and at a half plate its cropped.

I am going to do the least possible to it and test it with some paper. I am fairly confident its all pretty much working.

 

[Dan Fromm]

Ah, i did mea to put that detail in. Its a half plate.

I had got as far asits wide angle lens but i assume thats in relation to a whole plate and at a half plate its cropped.

I am going to do the least possible to it and test it with some paper. I am fairly confident its all pretty much working.

No, half plate's diagonal is 8", a 6" lens is wide on the format.

 

[LargishFormat]

No, half plate's diagonal is 8", a 6" lens is wide on the format.

Sorry, I guess i meant "not as wide as it can go" ie lots of movement available. I will do a proper post on the camera in a while as i give it a proper once over.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Welcome to Photrio!

A few photographs would make your questions better understood, please?

 

[cowanw]

I have seen such tripod legs restricted by small chains and eyelet screws about 2/3 of the way up. One size fits all.