[LargeFormat] 11x14 Korona

[Jim Hemenway]

Hi Clive:

I just now looked at the Korona 11x14 which is currently on ebay.  It 
has the brass inserts to which you have referred, and I can see from the 
photos just how much of a pain-in-the-neck they would be to work with.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2957683244&category=15248

Mine looks as though it never had the brass inserts because the channels 
are very narrow and there is no room for them.  No brass inserts in the 
wooden base board either.

I wonder if all this makes my camera a newer or an older model?

Jim




Jim Hemenway wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
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