The frame of the camera is pine and plywood. [Giles] had heard that building the bellows for these cameras had taken other hobbyists months and thousands of dollars. Rather than elaborately folded ...

I’m sure I’ve got an old bellows camera in the attic somewhere buy I’ve not seen it for years and it’s from an era that very much predates my entry into the wonderful world of photography.

While digging through a pile of old camera equipment ... he decided to mount the lens on a set of bellows he picked up at the local dump. It looks pretty neat, but he has yet to get a chance ...