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Notice my high-tech marking scheme for getting the correct doubler plate lined up with correct spot on the spar.
For more details about the construction of the elevators, see the build log.
OK, I agree with numbering the rooms on each floor in multiples of 100: 3rd floor 300+, 4th floor 400+, etc. But here's what confused me:
Why do the rooms on the 2nd floor start with 214, and those on the 3rd floor start with 343? Whacked.
I am not sure if this is still the world's fastest elevator at this day. However, it is fast enough to bring us to the observatory deck on floor 89, 382 meters from the ground, in 37 seconds. This is Taipei 101 building, Taipei, Taiwan.
Working today in an old high rise building in Trenton.
This is what it looks like to ride on the top of an elevator car.
The grain elevator in Washington Michigan has been receiving new siding and a new roof the past few weeks. It's nice to see this happening especially with how many agricultural building I have seen demolished. By the way, I have uploaded many of those demolished buildings to Flickr.
This elevator was once serviced by the Grand Trunk Western Railway, a subsidiary of Canadian National. I believe they still get their shipments by Canadian National into Pontiac where they are loaded onto trucks and to the elevator.
looking down the hotel elevator shaft from the 4th floor. The hotel elevator is inthe middle of the staircase and just has the grats around it so you can see your journey.
This elevator has changed owners several times. It was operated by an independent grain company. Then, Garvey Grain-Wichita, KS ran it. I do not know, if it is still being used.
Here's all of the parts for the elevators, the next major subassembly I'm going to build. The plans call for building the horizontal stabilizer first, but the order is unimportant and I'd rather deal with the smaller (6' each) elevators for now instead of the very long HS (12' long).
For more details about the construction of the elevators, see the build log.
The elevator at the Lithuanian Museum hasn't been updated since 1965. www.lithaz.org/museums/balzekas/
Elevator Constructors Local 8 at the New San Francisco Public Safety Building in Mission Bay
(photos by Richard Bermack)
Me with elevator attendant of a tower in Edogawa-ku, Tokyo. The uniforms for Japanese women tend to be very cute.
The exterior of the Pillar scenic elevator. Click this link for a video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoE-m2OpsM
Farmers Grain Co-Op, Ogden, Utah tear down - Study failure. April 2024.
Elevators shot with Miniature Speed Graphic from about 1945 based on serial numbers. Shot with Graflex Optar 90mm f/6.3 lens in Rapax shutter. Shot on AGFA Aviphot 200 from about 2006 / 2007. Developed in Kalogen 1:100 - Usually the tank held 800 ml so 8ml developer and 792ml distilled water.
Stand developed for 1 hour at 70 degrees F, with one rotation at 30 minutes. Development appears to be accurate, all problems considered.
This started as an experiment to develop 70mm film without a reel -- because I have some 3 1/2 inch rolls I want to develop. The first experiment was almost a complete failure and the second one was maybe worse. After those I realized I wanted some shots of the elevators before they tore it down, so I shot another roll and developed it on a conventional reel. And, so the problems began. The 70mm Mamiya back is hammered - one reason I got it for next to nothing. No working counter, door is funky, everything scarred - however, that kind of made it just a basic back. The film advances with one crank of the winder and has plenty of space between the frames. The lock doesn't work so you can advance the film all you want, and you can take multiple exposures.
So, the back opened up mid roll the first time, however the roll is in a magazine inside the holder so that was minimal. I forget sometimes to close the lens, which causes multiple, and unintentional, exposures of varying degree when you set the focal plane shutter.
Finally, my last roll, which I thought would be great, I again forgot to put the dark slide in or close the lens between shots a couple of times and had a number of strange exposures. Also when I first got there, I shot 3 or 4 pictures without advancing the film! LOL awesome.
Then, I was using an old FED daylight developing reel - which handles up to 116 film / 70 mm, and after I properly loaded the film and put the lid on, the lid rose back up when I was initially rinsing the film, causing some fogging and extra exposure. SO, to make a long story longer -- Every roll I shot doing this had some kind of problem or failure. Either in camera, or in darkroom. Someone said maybe the shots didn't work because the place is haunted. Probably.
So here most of the shots are -- in all their failed glory. I started liking them so I decided to put them together and make a set. LOL
The Miniature Speed Graphic I purchased with no lens and a Mamiya Press back of some sort. I took off the back and it sat for a couple of years because the graflok back I acquired was not a perfect match for the screw hole reinforcements. (Because the original Miniature Speeds had spring backs...) I finally reworked the back of the camera a bit and filled in the Graflok back where it might leak and I drilled new holes in the back and the camera back. All good. The focus scale seemed to be about 100mm and the stops were placed about 90 to 100mm. So I dragged out lenses until I found one that was the best fit for the rangefinder and the scale - the 90mm Optar. I am still going to mess with a 80mm and ?? My 101mm was off enough.
So, enjoy this set. I have a couple of favorites...
Cast photos for Reconnect Media / Frankie West Production "Elevator".
All photos by Kyle James-Patrick / The Deaf Institute.ca
The elevator pushrod attaches between these two control horns at the bottom end. At the axis of rotation, the control horns are attached to the central bearing on the horizontal stabilizer. I've got an AN4-14 bolt stuck through there for now, but it needs spacer washers for the (expected) gaps between the horns and bearings. I'm not sure at all how to hold the washers in place while inserting the bolt, so that's on hold for now.