I'm in......driving up for some relief from the heat and humidity of Louisiana. Bringing a few head brace stands with me to sell along with an assortment of plate racks, silver baths and other stuff....been waiting all year for this weekend to come around again....good times, good friends. Happy trails, Claude
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I hope to be there this year as well.....Got a few new things to show like a new plate rack for the big plate shooters and a plate storage box built using archival metal edge boxes. Will bring some headbrace stands with me too....
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You should at least take a workshop from an experienced teacher, that should help you decide if the risk is acceptable. It will also teach you the proper way of doing things so that risk is kept to a minumium. The nuts and bolts of wetplate is in it's technique and equipment, all that comes from private instruction and forums like this one. Understanding the technique and apparatus used in wetpla
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I package them with both slotted and phillips screws, what century you choose to operate in is entirely your choice.....interesting fact about the phillips head screw anyway, thanks for sharing that Ray.
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1870's would be my guess too...It's a very sturdy rack. Great for large and small plates. Thanks to Jody Dole and Jesse Mata for the image below.
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Reproduction cast iron and wood plate rack. Rock solid and adjustable for small and large plates. V-grooves won't damage collodion edge. 100 dollars plus shipping......Claude Levet, wetplate@me.com
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From the looks of it you missed....they do look a little angry though....Ha Ha Ha, nice work Doug.....
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You may want to get together with another photographer to test your systems..... Two cameras, two darkrooms, two sets of chemistry....mix it up using both darkrooms/cameras/chemistry....Through a series of images you can determine if it's your chemistry or hardware.... Good luck, Claude
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Thanks Rich, I'll contact Terry, I have some stands ready......Claude Claude Levet Hammond, Louisiana wetplate@me.com
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I just received a new order of head brace stands from the foundry. All castings look great....600.00 plus shipping. Tops and bases sold separately as well. For more info, email me at wetplate@me.com Claude
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Great post today on shorpy.com...Sam Cooley 1865 Check it out.... Best to view in full size.....What type of lens is on that camera?
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Now Robert, Scarred for life for viewing his T&A may be a little hard on our good friend Ray, but I can imagine being scarred for a couple of weeks at least....claude
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I'd say it's gotten easy...I wish I had the resources that everyone has today. What would I have given for access to the internet in 1988. Thankfully, What I did have is friends like John Coffer, Bill Dunniway and Mark Osterman. We all wanted to make the best plates we can, and I think we all did pretty good for the resources we had at the time. TY, your absolutly right about Silver Sunbeam an
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Reproduction of a Scovill Centennial Head Rest Stand. 100% Cast Iron. $600 + shipping. Available now. Contact Claude at 985-507-1737 or wetplate@me.com
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