[LargeFormat] 11x14 Korona

[Clive Warren]

At 23:12 14/10/2003 -0400, Jim Hemenway wrote:
>Clive Warren wrote:
>>Snip< The main problem I have found with the Koronas is featured in the 
>>auction camera. Once the brass rail inserts open up it is a difficult job 
>>to close them up again. As soon as there is a lot of play between the 
>>brass rails and the standard runners, making the camera rigid again is a 
>>bit of a challenge. I had considered stripping out the brass rails and 
>>machining an insert that is thicker than the original but the woodwork 
>>involved would probably require the wooden rails to be completely disassembled.
>Clive:
>
>When you refer to the brass rails, do you mean the strip gears inset
>into the wooden extension rails?
>
>If so, I just stuck em back down by replacing the tiny short nails with
>new slightly thicker ones which I first dipped into glue.

Jim,

These are the narrow brass inserts in the sides of the rail that the 
standard runners fit into and are very difficult to service.

Cheers,
             Clive