The box is made out of cardboard. The cardboard is very worn, torn in
same places, the handle is broken and the Delespaul label is missing.
Some rust. The shutter is seized.
On the bottim part of the frontal panel there is a slot were the
DELESPAUL label was attached.
One of the corners is completly broken. There is a corner reinforcement
made out of steel.
The shutter lever is surrounded by an aluminum plate.
The camera with no frontal panel. The metal plate
that holds in place the shutter lever is rusted.
Even if I removed the rust, the shutter will not retun back. I
discovered that the disc was defective and the groove on the left of
the disk was too high. I added a bent nail to stop the shutter some
degrees before the original position.
The bent nail in position.
On the broken corner, I glued some cardbord inside. I glued also the
outside.
To arrange the aspect of the box, I added some black ink to the corners.
Look better, but not too much.
The finished camera. I straightened the cardboard with steam and put
the handle back into the rivet.
To soften the handle in order to put it back into the rivet, I put it
on boiling water and came back into the rivet easily.
I coated the camera with a little bit of oil to enhance the black
finish. I have to do do a DELESPAUL plate.