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1
3"
1/4"DIA
Fig. 3. Fabricate
light
shields
illustrated here from
mailing
tube;
note aperture
disc
on
short
tube.
that
K1
and
K4 are
mounted on the out-
side of the
chassis for
easy
access.
Begin
construction
by laying
out and
drilling the mounting
holes
for
the
vari-
ous components.
Then fabricate
one or
both of the
light shields illustrated
in
Fig. 3. (
The longer
light shield
is
used
for large- subject photography,
while
the
shorter
shield
is
best
for subjects
the
size of a tarantula
or smaller.)
Select
cardboard
mailing tubes
with
1" to
P /s"
inner diameter
for the
shields, and
if you
make both shields, use
the
same
tube
to
insure uniform
inner and outer diame-
ters. Also,
glue
a
carbdoard disc
through
the center
of which
has been punched
a
I i" aperture
over one end
of
the
3 "-
long shield.
Then apply a coat
of
flat
black
paint to all
interior surfaces.
Locate
the
center
of the chassis cutout
that is to accommodate
the
light
shield
11a" above the base
of the chassis and
drill a hole through
the chassis to
match
the outer
diameter of the shields.
Then
drill
the same size
hole through a
2 "-
square by
3/4" -thick
pine block, and
se-
cure the block to
the chassis with wood
screws as
illustrated in
Fig. 4.
The
magnifying
lens
which
is to be
cemented
to the wood block
as
shown
serves to concentrate and direct
the
light
from
11
onto
PC1. This lens
should
be
slightly
larger than
the
diameter
of
the
cutout
in
the
pine
block.
The
lens
select-
ed can be
from
a
small reading
glass, or
you
can
order item No. 94,061
for
80
cents
from Edmund
Scientific
Co., 600
Edscorp Bldg., Barrington,
N.J.
08007.
Fig. 4. Light shield, lens,
and
photocell must
share
a common
axis with
control light source.
When
the
cement securing
the
lens to
the pine block
has set,
mount
the com-
ponents ( except
PC1) in place and
wire
them together.
Then place the
section
of
the chassis
containing
the
lens on a
flat
surface, slip
into place
the
long light
shield, and aim the assembly
at a
light
source a
few feet away.
Now,
mount
the
photocell on a
3/4
"-
square
by
2" -long
pine
block
(see Fig.
4).
Place the photocell
-block assembly
on
a 1/4"
thickness
of cardboard,
and
orient
it
behind
the
lens so that
the concen-
trated beam
of
light from the
light source
just covers
the entire
frontal
area of
the
photocell.
Measure the distance
from
the
side and
front of the
chassis
to the
block
to determine
where,
on the other
section
of the chassis,
PC1 must
be
located.
Then
secure
the photocell
assembly
to the
chassis with a
wood
screw and
epoxy
cement, and
solder
the leads
of PC1
into
the circuit.
The solenoid specified
in
the
Parts
List
must
be modified to
operate
the camera
shutter.
To
accomplish
this,
drill
a '32"
hole through
the
flat end of the
plunger;
then
flatten
the pointed
end
of the plung-
er with a
file and drill
and tap
this
end
for
a 6 -32
machine
screw (see
Fig. 5 for
details) .
To
facilitate mounting
the
solenoid
and
camera on a tripod,
a bracket
as
il-
lustrated in Fig. 6
must
be fabricated
from 11:4"
x 1/4" band steel
The leg
lengths
of
the
bracket
are
not
provided
in the
drawing
since
they will
vary de-
pending
on the camera.
The slots
shown
in
the drawing
provide
a
means for ad-
justing the
solenoid position
to
apply
proper shutter
release pressure
for a
wide
variety of cameras.
The control
light
shown
in
Fig.
7
is
actually a
modified two -cell
flashlight,
equipped with a
No.
25
red camera
lens
filter, mounted on a
7"
X
5"
X 3i4" pine
board.
First, remove the batteries
from
PINE
BLOCK
PCI
PINE
BLOCK
LIGHT
SHIELD
1/4"
April, 1969
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