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Now that this rain storm has passed, I am finally preparing to paint Mitchell Standard #46. As part of this endeavor, I have designed myself a paint fume extraction system, crude though it may be. I don’t have a paint booth, so to apply spray paint in my shop, I have previou...


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My plans to paint Mitchell 46 are on hold this week due to the rain. The paint just doesn’t cure correctly when the weather is too humid. Instead, I have turned my attention to this really cool old tripod. According to the advertising I have seen, this is a Universal Panoramic and Tilting Head Tripod that was introduced by the Universal Camera Company of Chicago around 1915. ...


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Back in the shop with Mitchell Standard 46 this week working on some of the final parts that are missing from the camera. On older Mitchell Standard and NC cameras, there is a little slider door on the viewfinder that covers the ground glass and viewfinder optics. This slide...


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I got an email a couple of weeks ago asking me if I would be interested in yet another Mitchell camera. When they sent me pictures, I was more intrigued by the tripod and pan head than the camera. Not that the camera isn’t interesting, I think I have shared my love for these cameras often enough by now, but I struggled to find space for another Mitchell NC in the restoration ...


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