"0" to"1" adapter ring

I would contact Steve Grimes at www.skgrimes.com If anyone can do it,

he can. He might have already done it! He's the large format guru.

Cheers

Steve: I think you must have someone who really knows what he is

doing make you an adapter. The spacing between the lens cells is

critical. The air space is in effect a lens element on most designs.

You will probably be better off in the long run to trade the number

one shutter for a "0". I suspect that having rings made would cost

about the same as trading shutters. Steve Grimes can certainly make

the adapters, but precision machine work isn't cheap. Steve has a web

site.

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Regards,

I don`t wish to swap shutters, but use a complete "0" mounted lens on

a "#1" board. The hole is too big and merely needs a shim of some

type or a mounting ring that is oversized to tighten down on the

larger board. Thanks, Steve

Steve: Sorry. One of the problems of getting old is that your mind

and eyes don't always communicate with each other. You wrote

lensboard and I read shutter. You ought to be able to make an adapter

ring out of thin metal or tough plastic that would let you tighten up

the retaining nut and hold the shutter in the board. I cut such a

spacer for one of my boards from plastic using a Stanley knife. An

Exacto or pocket knife would work just as well. I placed a thin

rubber "O" ring around the shutter mount threads to hold it centered

in the hole. Just put the plastic spacer between the board and the

retaining nut and all should be well.

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Regards,