[LargeFormat] Empire State Camera

[Chris Fraser]

I sent this email a couple of days ago...  It didn't appear to get posted.
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> Yes, I have lots of woodworking experience as well as machining and design 
> experience.  So I am not concerned about my skills level for this job. 
> But I do understand your concern.  Also, I am fortunate in that I have 
> access to a machine shop at work that I can use. Of course for a job like 
> this, I would use the shop on my personal time, with my materials.
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> The film holders can be reverse engineered from one of my 4x5 film holders 
> to get the basics.  But I am hoping someone may have this information on 
> hand (slot depth and tolerance for the film for example).  I also have to 
> decide if I am going to make them out of plastic or aluminum.  Aluminum 
> has the disadvantage that they will have to be anodized (additional 
> expense).
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> The bellows.what material were they made from in that era?  Paper?  Can it 
> be treated to soften them?
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> The lens, I will most likely send to a pro to be serviced.  I am also 
> going to check if any of my 4x5 lenses have enough coverage for this 
> camera, not likely but I will check.
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> Regards,
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> Chris
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> our leisure hours determines what we are. -George Eastman, He lived this 
> philosophy.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "karl Faller" <woodencamera@earthlink.net>
> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 4:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Empire State Camera
>
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>>
>> Chris, do you have a woodworking background?
>> I don't mean to be discouraging but building holders might be better left 
>> to a professional as well as the camera restoration.
>> Karl / woodencamera@earthlink.com
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>>> I'm looking for some information on restoring an old Empire State 6.5 x 
>>> 8.5 view camera.  I need to build film holders (Since I can't seem to be 
>>> able to buy any), get the lens reconditioned and either recondition the 
>>> bellows or have it replaced.  The bellows still extends, but it is very 
>>> dry
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>>> The camera appears to be an Empire State Variation 3, however the lens 
>>> looks like it is off a Variation 2.
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>>> I have put some snap shots of the camera up at: 
>>> http://www.fraser.ca/empire/FrameSet.htm
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>>> Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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>>> Regards,
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>>>
>>> Chris
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