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| Successful Calibration Duo Mk. 3, Graflex RH12 Efke 100PL in HC110 monobath (6 minutes) |
I realize that it's been a little while since the last update on things: Here's where we are so far:
$9 and up pledges: Getting shipped at the end of next week, hopefully - I had been waiting on a couple more boxes of FP100C to get started.
Progress on Kits:
- Laser cut parts: Ordered, and being made as we speak.
- Ground glass: Tested three different grinds of ground glass, and settled on the one with the least falloff and hotspot. The viewfinder looks even better than before! These are also in the process of being manufactured.
- Front surface mirrors: Ordered, although there is a 1 week lag time for the specific thickness of glass needed.
- Gears, shafts, magnets, screws, nuts n' bolts: Ordered, and coming soon.
- Infrared testing: Thanks to another generous donation, I'll be running a roll of IR film through Duo to check for IR-tightness. The bellows and wood are certainly very effective against visible light - let's see how it copes against the rest of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- Deluxe engravings: We're bearing down on the March 15th deadline for design submissions - I've laid out all of the ones that were submitted so far. Then it'll be off to the laser cutters.
- Product documentation: A fully detailed set of instructions will be made when all of the parts arrive. I've also drawn up the templates for the viewfinder hood, inner bellows, and outer bellows. You'll find those below.
Templates (Inches)
Viewfinder Hood
Inner Bellows
Outer Bellows
Templates (Millimeters)
Viewfinder Hood
Inner Bellows
Outer Bellows
I'm also glad there were so many responses to the fabric color survey! Look like we're going with black, pewter, port royale, and navy blue. Good taste, people :)
awesome! quite excited to get to building. quick question - where is the best place to source the 2nd ground glass piece to adjust focus? may i could use the one from my RB67?
ReplyDeleteYou can use a piece of acrylic or glass that has been wet sanded with fine sandpaper (like 600 grit). The easier way though, I think, is just to use a piece of matte scotch tape - it works basically like a ground glass. Your RB67 screen would work too.
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ReplyDeleteNice too see the templates, but seeing measurements in inches makes me feel instantly lightheaded... Why the inches and fractions thereof? That is so so complicated! o_O
ReplyDeleteCall it a US-centric bias :) I just posted the templates in millimeters, hope that helps!
ReplyDeleteThat is very awesome, thank you! Makes me look forward to receiving the parts even more... :)
DeleteIs this still available? There's a guy who offers an Instax back for Polaroid cameras. This would be ideal for that application.
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