I’ve now glued sides and the bed onto the rear standard, and after a bit of a panic about the orientation of the crossbar on the top, I’m happy that everything is lining up as it should. The holes for …
Gluing has begun. First lesson: buy more clamps. This’ll be much quicker with more clamps.
So after many years of procrastination I’ve finally decided to get into 8×10 photography, primarily to shoot tintypes and wet plate collodion. After hunting for a vintage or second hand modern camera on eBay for a while, I decided to …