Beseler 23c negative stage not leveling

[mesaboogie]

Front to back appears level. Side to side I am 1/8" lower on the right hand side. I have the cam rotated to give it as much rise as I can. But it feels like the main carriage is crooked and should be riding level, and it's not. (0 for 2 buying enlargers and getting the negative level so far)
Here are a couple images. I cannot figure out how I would get this to be more uniform against the rails. Seems if it was a little counter clockwise it would raise the right and lower the left. I tried loosing the frame that didn't allow it to shift over at all.

 

[paul ron]

check if the frame is square?

 

[mesaboogie]

I think I know what needs to be fixed. I just marked counted the teeth. The right side is one tooth less from the bottom. Maybe it just a gear in transport or was never aligned from the get go. So now I just need to read that part of the manual if it's covered.

 

[paul ron]

look at his pix, the gap is not even from rails to carrier.

i suspect the frame is out of square.

besides, adjusting an enlarger has nothing to do with being level, its parallelism thats critical.

try racking the frame to one side or the other? have a square?

 

[mesaboogie]

I fixed it. It was one tooth off. I loosed the two nuts by the handle teeth and it all but popped back into position on its own.

Cam now works to level neg stage parallel to base board.

 

[mesaboogie]

It raises and lowers like butter now.

 

[mesaboogie]

I was using everything from straight edges to carpenter squares to sharpies and even calipers. I would have used a micrometer if I could find a way to utilize it for this.

 

[paul ron]

I was using everything from straight edges to carpenter squares to sharpies and even calipers. I would have used a micrometer if I could find a way to utilize it for this.

hahahahaha try everything! glad it was a simple fix.

btw my guitar amp n speaker cabinet has the same name.
boogie on!

 

[mesaboogie]

btw my guitar amp n speaker cabinet has the same name.
boogie on!

Mark V

 

[paul ron]

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