Hello,
Leaving School I served an Apprentice Ship as an Engineer.
Years later, a Firm I was working for was waiting for a big order to arrive, we were all standing about with nothing to do !!.
I asked the Foreman if I could make something for myself - - he said yes, if anybody asked what I was doing, he would say I was making Jigs!!.
The camera is known as a Monorail and is "Tripod Only", uses 2 ¼” x 3 ¼” roll film, with a Schneider lens and shutter.
Alloy was used to keep the weight down, but it is still quite heavy!.
A full range of movements of the front, and rear panels, are available to enable corrections of the photograph being taken.
The ball joint and Tripod were also made at same time.
The Bellows was a bought item, my versions worked, but did not look too good !.
When the camera was finished, I made lots of money taking photos of machines for Trade magazines and the Works draughtsmen for future reference.
John.
