gonna start building box cameras ...

[Andrew Moxom]

John, I made this type of internal shutter for a pinhole camera, and it should work well for your box cameras also. IT can use a standard cable release. What I like are the clean lines of the camera.

[jnanian]

nice andrew

- j

[jnanian]

i've been a bit stalled ... the last few months have been kind of " tough "
my 5 year old and i glued thick popsicle sticks together the other day
they will be the foundation of the fun

when i get a chance to complete more steps i will post images ...

[darinwc]

I really wanted to build pinhole cameras... but i couldnt for the life of me get nice box joints on my cheap table saw.

Hand-timed shutters are easy to make. Some old brass lenses used a disk pinned to the top of the shutter. There was a string attached to the bottom. Pull the string and the disk rotates up. Let go and it falls back over the lens.

Hand-timed shutters work much better with slow film.

[Rick A]

I really wanted to build pinhole cameras... but i couldnt for the life of me get nice box joints on my cheap table saw.

Hand-timed shutters are easy to make. Some old brass lenses used a disk pinned to the top of the shutter. There was a string attached to the bottom. Pull the string and the disk rotates up. Let go and it falls back over the lens.

Hand-timed shutters work much better with slow film.

Do you have a router table? They are superior for setting up and cutting box joints. I made both my 4x5 pinhole and 4x5 field cameras using hand cut dovetails. They are actually easier to make than you think. Years ago I made a box joint fixture for the table saw. If you use a length of 3/8x16 allthread, you can make an indexable jig that is deadly accurate. Every one turn of the handle will move the jig 1/16". You clamp all four pieces to the jig and cut them at the same time one one side, then flip them to cut the other side. Sorry, I didn't mean to hijack the thread and ramble about woodworking, I'm a retired wood butcher.

[jnanian]

well
i finally built a prototype camera last night
and i am exposing something with it right now.
it is just smaller than 4x5 ...
and i am using a whole plate brass lens with it.
foam core first, then eventually after i get the
rough bits ironed out i will start to make these in a kit form
and out of wood ...

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/showima...?i=53986&c=503
image made ...

[DarkroomExperimente]

sounds like fun

I want to make simple shutters like the one described a few posts up...SOMEWHERE I have an old book from Lindsay's Technical Books that describes simple shutters...but I can't find it...aaarrggghhh

[Curt]

This is more interesting than the average threads like "what's the development time for xxx film in xxx dev.

I'm building an 11x14 view camera right now, having made the brass hardware for the front lensboard just this evening. Box cameras sound like fun.

How does the liquid emulsion work out, any pictures or info. ?

Curt