[LargeFormat] 11x14 Korona

[Jim Hemenway]

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

Clive Warren wrote:
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> 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.