Re: [Largeformat] case for an old Calumet

[Don Wilkes <don.wilkes@gems9.gov.bc.ca>]

At 05:56 PM 4/5/00 -0700, Joshua Wein wrote:

>Great idea - I wonder if SKGrimes could do it?

Who are they?  It looks vaguely familiar, but...


>Thanks - I'll keep you in mind too. Listen - if you do
>get someone to machine one for you and it is not too
>expensive to get a longer one made - maybe we could
>split it and cut the thing in half once it was made.

I had a few minutes last night, so undid the set-screws (3/32") on one of
the end-caps, to look at the cross-section of the rail.  Yup, it's as
simple as I thought.  I don't have my notes with me, and I didn't have
proper measuring tools last night, but what I recall is that it's a simple
round of aluminum, 5/8" thick.  The slot in the bottom is about 1/8" wide,
and 1/4" deep.

I'm not a machinist (and have no access to the needed tools), but I assume
the normal way to make such a thing would be to use square bar stock, cut
the dado, then lathe it to the proper roundness. So, it looks like a
half-hour job at most, for a small machine shop.

If I get more exact measurements, I'll let you know.

Cheers,
\DonW