heres how you can make a bellows for a large format camera .
while i realize that film cameras are the old way this can be used if you want to make a scanner camera a pinhole camera or even a bellows to pump air.
while i realize that film cameras are the old way this can be used if you want to make a scanner camera a pinhole camera or even a bellows to pump air.
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to make this you will need :
1 sheet of black bristol board(sometimes called bristle board)
1 roll of black cloth hockey stick tape 1inch wide
1 ballpoint pen{if its dried up its ok so long as its stromgly made}
1 straight edge (longer than the sheet)
1 sheet of black bristol board(sometimes called bristle board)
1 roll of black cloth hockey stick tape 1inch wide
1 ballpoint pen{if its dried up its ok so long as its stromgly made}
1 straight edge (longer than the sheet)
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the best way to make it would be to cut the leather and lay out thin sticks of wood or heavy card to stiffen the places you dont want to bend, glue them in place then line the inside with a thin cloth. and then once its all dry fold the leather like i folded the card.
try a small section first to get an idea of what works and good luck.
Any advice on making Bellows with LEATHER to repair the large vintage wooden plate camera in pic below ?
- What sort of leather ?
- Would this need backing for stiffness ?
Thanks,
casablanca24
Thank you,
Tbonestone
its more of a teardown as i made the camera before instructables
but its not a hard build.
enjoy.
http://www.instructables.com/id/old-fashioned-view-camera/