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I keep coming up with repair projects
"Cheesehead" wrote in message ... On Nov 12, 1:38 pm, "Richard Knoppow" wrote: "Cheesehead" wrote in message ... Some I give up on. But while the speed graphic investigation is on hold, I came up with another matter. Picked up a nice old Gundlach 4x5. Folds up like the Kodak 2-D. Nice wood field camera. Makes me want to part with the Speed. Strongly. But the front rail section has a problem. It seems someone folded it up too tightly. That put some stress on the two rear joints and the glue has given way so that they are loose. Not good. I'm going by Home Depot on the way home to pick up some good resin (not just carpenter's glue/wood glue) to try and secure it nice and tight. Will also clamp it down for the night. But will that be enough? I've considered putting a couple of screws through it, from the bottom side up. But I don't know that type of wood. Is that an appropriate strengthening? I also considered coming in from the side with a couple of small oak dowels, and resin them in place. That would relieve lateral stress. Your thoughts? FWIW, I've had to rebuild a WW-2 vintage AGFA/Ansco view camera because all the glue joints came apart. Evidently the glue used was not very good. The camera came out fine although it also needed new bellows. I still use it. If the holes for wood screws has been chewed up you can fix them by drilling out the damaged wood and replacing it with hardwood dowel stock. Glue the dowel material in and smooth off the top so its flush with the original surface. Drill a pilot hole for the new screw to prevent splitting. A repair like this will last forever and will often considerably tighten up the camera. There is a Gundlach catalogue athttp://www.cameraeccentric.comwhich probably shows your camera. Gundlach made lower priced cameras, perhaps not the most stable. Gundlach was also the maker of the famous (or notorious) Turner-Reich lens. This lens was designed by Ernst Gundlach probably to get around the Zeiss patents for the Convertible Protar. Gundlach and its successors made hundreds of them for the military during WW-2 to meet a spec written for the Goerz Dagor and Zeiss Convertible Protar, its no match for either. -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA Thanks. I went to the site but saw nothing like mine. It is, though, a later camera than the old Gundlach Korona folder units. The lens board is 4 inches, like an old Speed Graphic, but thicker. Much thicker. Interesting. The Deardorf Triamapro used lensboards something like that, 4" square but with rounded corners and substantially thicker than the old Speed Graphic board. It seems to me that I have seen a Korona combination press and view camera but have no details about it. You may find something in _McKeown's Guide_, the information in it seems to be pretty accurate. -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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