From: Sandy King (sanking@CLEMSON.EDU)
Date: 08/29/02-08:39:50 AM Z
My 7X17 Korona camera has a pair of original struts. They are very
useful in providing stability to t camera and I can not imagine using
the camera without them. I don't know what dagor77@earthlink.net will
get on ebay for the facsimile struts but if the price is too high you
could easily make a pair. Essentially you just need two pieces of
good hard wood about 3/4" square X 8-10" long into which you screw
two screws of the right size in the center, located to fit into brass
support on the bottom of the camera. If you want the struts to look
like the originals just taper them off on the underside, then stain
them to the color or your camera.
Sandy King
>Those of you who have big Korona cameras, like 8x10 and bigger,
>might be aware that Koronas came new in olden times in a nice canvas
>covered case, etc., and the kit included a couple support struts
>that fitted on the bottom of the camera base. These struts clamped
>in and extended under the extension rails, front and rear, and gave
>support. Has anyone ever seen an original one? They seem more or
>less MIA. Anyhow, the familiar sag of the rails, esp. the rear, is
>no big deal from a shooting standpoint, because you just correct it
>w/ a spirit level and the tilt. However, the brass housing (the
>female part; here we go again) for the center bolts of the extension
>rails (the male part; sheesh) takes almost all the resulting stress,
>and I squirm a bit when I see that.... How many are familiar with
>dagor77@earthlink.net? This is Andrew Glover of LA. He's the most
>prolific seller on ebay in the LF category. A really good guy.
>Well, he got ahold of some originals as templates, I guess, and has
>had exact facsimiles built in hickory. There are several, and he'll
>be auctioning them off one at a time. If interested, just do a
>"smart search" of his email address. I have no interest in this,
>but I've been a very satisfied customer of his on several occasions.
>Extremely knowledgeable, friendly, efficient and fair. -JB
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