Help! - Making a Graphic View Lensboard

[dlabrosse]

Hi. I recently bought my first LF camera, a Graphic View. The lens board was less than usable and I need to make a new one (I have access to a metal shop).

 

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I've checked Graphlex.org and even bought an old service manual but still - on answers to these questions...

 

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Can anyone enlighten me on the proper specs? I've figured out that it should be 4 inches square and it appears to me that a second peice of metal about 3.5 inches square should be laminated on the back to aid the light trap. Is this correct?

 

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How thick should each piece be?

 

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Should the hole for the lens be cut dead center, high, or low?

 

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Any other subtlties that I'm missing out on?

 

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Thanks

Dominique

[doug_paramore]

Dominique: I have made several lensboards for the Graphic View I own.

Just make a flat board 4x4. It doesn't need any flanges inside to act

as a light trap. Drill the hole dead center. The boards are 1/8th

inch thick. Paint the inside of the board flat black. They are easy

to make. I also use the model airplane plywood instead of metal for

some of my boards.

 

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Regards,