[LargeFormat] 11x14 Korona

[Jim Hemenway]

Ahh! Now I know what you mean... they don't exist in my 11x14, just a 
narrow channel machined into the wooden rails.

Jim - http://www.hemenway.com


Clive Warren wrote:
> 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