dan... right after i finished putting the thing together...

....its finally done... the past week i have been spending a lot of time at the woodshop trying to make a 11x14 camera... and its done...

dan at the workshop did most of the woodwork, and i put together the plan... it looks gorgeous... the bellows is finally on...

i took the front standard off a Linhof and the monorail and made a 11x14 back standard for it... cannot wait to try it out... soon images will be done.... some final touchs have to be done... but its basically ready to take photos... initially i thought i would take it outside to take portraits... but the thing probably weighs 20 or 30 pounds... so we will have to see...

here are a few photos of the beast...
this is the basic starting point...

the ground glass...

i made my own film back... so these are the boards that hold the negative...

the lens mount...

the bellows getting put together...

the bellows mounted...

WALA!!! the library...