edrobinsonjr Loc: Boise, Idaho

Hi All,

I haven't been around for some time. My loss...

I bought a Nikon P900 a week or so ago and the macro mode is really impressive. Having a raft of old slides, I set out to make a duplicator. After a couple of attempts I have arrived at a satisfactory solution.

Went to Homedepot and bought a 3" abs pipe coupler and a 3X2" reducer that fits inside the coupler. Put the reducer all the way into the coupler and mounted the wole thing on my wood lathe. Turned the reducer down for a smooth fit on the camera barrel up as far as it would go - sized to the barrel grip.

Polished the inside with acetone on fine steel wool so there is no scratching or chafing.

Again using the lathe I turned a piece of 3/4 plywood to fit over the 3" coupler and mounted a couple of rails on the front.

The rails fit an old duplicator slide holder.

The biggest problem is getting the slides really dust free...

Fun project...

Ed

Rear View

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Side View

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Front Carrier rails

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Carrier mounted


Sample from my F2A taken years ago

Bill_de Loc: US

Ed,
Nice work. Next project, build a camera?

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RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

And I thought my duplicator was elaborate!

edrobinsonjr Loc: Boise, Idaho

Sounds like a plan. I'll call it a "Nican."

edrobinsonjr Loc: Boise, Idaho

I guess I always get a little carried away.

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

At least your chips don't get stale when you're duplicating.

llamb Loc: Northeast Ohio

Ed, by the time you read this a Chinese outfit will be in full production duplicating your efforts. Seriously, nice job.

~Lee