[pure-silver] Re: recessed lens board, was wide-angle lens for 4x5

For those who make their own lens boards from wood, it takes only a little imagination to laminate pieces and make your own recessed board. Mine took some time, obviously at least three times as long as making one piece. But time spent this way is time enjoyed. This was for my 90mm Linhof/Schneider Angulon on 4x5. I vaguely recall this is the one where I mounted the lens a little below center so the thing would clear when angled in during installation on the camera. I do a fast cardboard prototype to check clearance before committing labor to wood. Labor is cheap, 1/8" 3-ply is hard to find now.

Someone mentioned elsewhere boring the hole. This is simple in wood, with a saber saw. A perfect circle is not needed, just an approximation that is fine tuned by sanding the high spots until the lens slips in.

And the tip I got from Mr K, Krylon Ultra Flat Camo is the flattest black out there. I always use an ebony stain first, but I'm not sure I can justify that with any rational argument. Bare wood absorbs a lot of spray paint, and maybe I noticed my first board looking glossy like maybe the flat stuff soaked in and left the shiny stuff on the surface (excuse my highly technical paint terminology).

Regards...   Dick Gifford

Dave Hornford wrote:

I have a bag-bellows for my 90mm, but find my lack of a recessed lens-board
a bigger hindrance.

Dave 



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