Why is it that the jobs that are supposed to be the simplest always turn out to be the most complicated? Thinking that the most labor-intensive part of the restoration of Mitchell 46 was behind me now, I was supposed to be at the point where I reassemble the working components of the camera, set […]
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I thought everyone might appreciate a short video of Mitchell Standard #46 racking over for the first time in decades. This 6 seconds of video represents 5 months of hard work that has finally paid off.
Mitchell 46 Racks Over at Last! Read More »
True to my word, I struggled through the myriad of steps needed to get Mitchell 46 back onto its rackover L-base this week. On its surface, this sounds like a simple process, but without the various fixtures that the Mitchell factory had to complete this, the process becomes complicated. Mechanically, the rackover L-base is a
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I had to take a break from work on Mitchell 46 for a few days this week to do some rearranging of my machine shop. A friend has offered me his CNC milling machine, and in order to fit it into the shop, I had to sell my venerable Webb milling machine. The logistics behind
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Somehow we find ourselves in July already (not sure how that happened!), so we decided to take a couple of days off for the 4th of July holiday and relax. Now though, we are back to work on Mitchell 46, along with the dozen other projects we have going at the same time. Much to
