Hey everyone!
I got a nice non patent folmer in a few weeks ago and realized under closer inspection that it had the perfect stamp alignment for the Wampa Cave scene. Here it is with a spare red button, an old Sloth clamp card I had, and some WW tape.
I did some cursory digging and found a nice Otis board from 1975 that I trimmed to make a clamp card. I used a bunch of different screenshots as reference for the spacing of the clamp card. I'll attach some photos of the dimensions here too, in case someone else gets an Otis board and needs some guidance on how to trim it. The most important thing is making sure the transition from the gold connectors to the soldered traces is in the right spot. I also got a Linhof clip thanks to Drew Baker and found a nice D ring on a Vietnam era bag from a local Army/Navy surplus. I harvested some properly sized screws from a very old oscilloscope and they're M3, so I'll likely thread them into the grips when they arrive. The pictured grips are spares from previous projects.
And here is the finished card in the clamp. Looks pretty good I'd say!
I'm now waiting on some old rivets to come in, and will then drill out the Linhof clip, and get it ready to attach to the flash. The pictured rivets are appropriately old, but have steel bodies, and I don't want to risk deforming the clip or graflex bottom. Plus the original appears to have had aluminum rivets! Once those are in if they are right I'll have 50 of them, and anyone who'd like to get a set can send me a message and I'll oblige!
And a shot showing the Wampa Cave alignment.
So now I have some questions I think those more knowledgable may be able to help with:
In the Wampa Cave scene we see the classic shot of the saber in the snow, but when it is pulled out the saber is un bladed. Only when the scene cuts do you see the bladed stunt which Luke uses to cut himself free. I don't have any high resolution reference of this particular scene outside of what is commonly available, but was wondering how we're sure the saber in the snow is the same as the bladed one? I can't see any of the screws that are seen on other stunts to hold the blades in when the saber is pulled out of the snow, but part of that may be due to the low quality files.
When he raises the saber above his head I'd imagine with a higher resolution image we could see whether the grip right in front of the kobold, the one in line with the clamp, is actually in the same exact position. I'd imagine this would give a clear idea of whether its the same saber or not. Before he begins to try and pull the saber towards him there's a shot with it lying in the snow almost on its side, and you can see pretty much everything but the top red button. It appears to not have a blade in that part of the scene either.
Anyway just some food for thought, hope you guys enjoy!
I got a nice non patent folmer in a few weeks ago and realized under closer inspection that it had the perfect stamp alignment for the Wampa Cave scene. Here it is with a spare red button, an old Sloth clamp card I had, and some WW tape.
I did some cursory digging and found a nice Otis board from 1975 that I trimmed to make a clamp card. I used a bunch of different screenshots as reference for the spacing of the clamp card. I'll attach some photos of the dimensions here too, in case someone else gets an Otis board and needs some guidance on how to trim it. The most important thing is making sure the transition from the gold connectors to the soldered traces is in the right spot. I also got a Linhof clip thanks to Drew Baker and found a nice D ring on a Vietnam era bag from a local Army/Navy surplus. I harvested some properly sized screws from a very old oscilloscope and they're M3, so I'll likely thread them into the grips when they arrive. The pictured grips are spares from previous projects.
And here is the finished card in the clamp. Looks pretty good I'd say!
I'm now waiting on some old rivets to come in, and will then drill out the Linhof clip, and get it ready to attach to the flash. The pictured rivets are appropriately old, but have steel bodies, and I don't want to risk deforming the clip or graflex bottom. Plus the original appears to have had aluminum rivets! Once those are in if they are right I'll have 50 of them, and anyone who'd like to get a set can send me a message and I'll oblige!
And a shot showing the Wampa Cave alignment.
So now I have some questions I think those more knowledgable may be able to help with:
In the Wampa Cave scene we see the classic shot of the saber in the snow, but when it is pulled out the saber is un bladed. Only when the scene cuts do you see the bladed stunt which Luke uses to cut himself free. I don't have any high resolution reference of this particular scene outside of what is commonly available, but was wondering how we're sure the saber in the snow is the same as the bladed one? I can't see any of the screws that are seen on other stunts to hold the blades in when the saber is pulled out of the snow, but part of that may be due to the low quality files.
When he raises the saber above his head I'd imagine with a higher resolution image we could see whether the grip right in front of the kobold, the one in line with the clamp, is actually in the same exact position. I'd imagine this would give a clear idea of whether its the same saber or not. Before he begins to try and pull the saber towards him there's a shot with it lying in the snow almost on its side, and you can see pretty much everything but the top red button. It appears to not have a blade in that part of the scene either.
Anyway just some food for thought, hope you guys enjoy!
