I have finished building my fuming box! It’s certainly not pretty but I think it’ll work well. I made two tops for it: one for 2 1/4″ square plates and the other for quarter plates. I have a medium format camera and a 4×5 press camera so I should be able to shoot both of those plate sizes.

I learned a lot building this box and I’m looking forward to tackling the other pieces in the daguerreian puzzle. Perhaps the fume hood will be next.

As of now, here is a list if things I have for making daguerreotypes:

Chemicals

• Iodine Crystals (from Photographers’ Formulary)
• Sodium Thiosulfate (from Bostick & Sullivan)
• Sodium Sulfite (from Bostick & Sullivan)
• 0.2% Gold Chloride Solution (from Bostick & Sullivan)

Equipment

• Dedicated “Dag Back” for my medium format camera (from KEH)
• Fuming Box!! (from my own hands)

Other Supplies

• 2 3/8″ Square .999 Silver Plates (from Santa Fe Jewelers Supply)
• Filmoplast P90 (from Talas)

As far as I can tell, I still have the following left to get:

• Rubylith
• Buffing Wheels
• Buffing Compound
• Small Trays
• Gilding Stand
• Gilding Lamp/Torch
• Small Fume Hood