Beseler 45MX and Beseler 23cII and Beseler Dichro DG Colorhead

Jharris89 · Sep 2, 2020

I was very fortunate to get alot of equipment from a very wonderful lady. But it's all in pieces and I'm looking for some help on how to set up the 3 enlarger I was giving. I'm trying to take inventory of what I have so I can find out what I'm missing. All my analog knowledge was from high school (13 years ago) and college (6years ago) and I've never had to set these up. Any info. Books or anything like that would be much appreciated and helpful.

winger · Sep 2, 2020

I have a 45MX and a 23CIII-XL (which I doubt is that different) AND I have both instruction manuals (11 pages and 17 pages). How dismantled are they, if at all? Would pictures of mine help at all?

Jharris89 · Sep 2, 2020

winger said:
I have a 45MX and a 23CIII-XL (which I doubt is that different) AND I have both instruction manuals (11 pages and 17 pages). How dismantled are they, if at all? Would pictures of mine help at all?

They are basically the enlarger is separate from the frame and the base

winger · Sep 2, 2020

I tried to upload some quick cell shots of mine, but the files were too big straight from the phone, so I'll try to shrink them or scan the best pages of the manuals.

samcomet · Sep 3, 2020

Jharris89 said:
I was very fortunate to get alot of equipment from a very wonderful lady. But it's all in pieces and I'm looking for some help on how to set up the 3 enlarger I was giving. I'm trying to take inventory of what I have so I can find out what I'm missing. All my analog knowledge was from high school (13 years ago) and college (6years ago) and I've never had to set these up. Any info. Books or anything like that would be much appreciated and helpful.

This link might help.
cheers
sam

mshchem · Sep 3, 2020

Jharris89 said:
I was very fortunate to get alot of equipment from a very wonderful lady. But it's all in pieces and I'm looking for some help on how to set up the 3 enlarger I was giving. I'm trying to take inventory of what I have so I can find out what I'm missing. All my analog knowledge was from high school (13 years ago) and college (6years ago) and I've never had to set these up. Any info. Books or anything like that would be much appreciated and helpful.

This is the best free source this site has most of the Beseler stuff and others too

http://www.jollinger.com/photo/enlargers/index.html

GRHazelton · Sep 3, 2020

Here's another source of parts http://store.khbphotografix.com/Beseler-Enlarger-Parts/

winger · Sep 4, 2020

Here are pics of my two where they attach to the frames. If you need other views, just PM me and ask - I can take more.

mshchem · Sep 7, 2020

Looks like good stuff. You've gotten it put together. What else do you want to know?

winger · Sep 7, 2020

mshchem said:
Looks like good stuff. You've gotten it put together. What else do you want to know?

Unless you've seen posts from them elsewhere, they haven't posted back since last Wed. The pictures above are of my enlargers in case pictures will help them figure out how to put them together.

Jharris89 · Sep 8, 2020

winger said:
Unless you've seen posts from them elsewhere, they haven't posted back since last Wed. The pictures above are of my enlargers in case pictures will help them figure out how to put them together.

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Sorry been out for a week. After all the help and resources. My 45MX is missing the frame. And the Dichro Colorhead is whole. Which is a plus. The 23CII is whole minus a negative carrier. But if anyone is interested in the Colorhead or the 45MX Head let me know.

winger · Sep 8, 2020

Negative carriers are relatively easy to find. If you only want to print 35mm and 120, then the 23CII is a great enlarger. If you want to do 4x5, you may be able to find a way to make a frame for the 45MX. There's always a chance of finding a frame without an enlarger or one with a non-working enlarger.

Jharris89 · Sep 8, 2020

winger said:
Negative carriers are relatively easy to find. If you only want to print 35mm and 120, then the 23CII is a great enlarger. If you want to do 4x5, you may be able to find a way to make a frame for the 45MX. There's always a chance of finding a frame without an enlarger or one with a non-working enlarger.

I've only ever done 35mm, 4x5 is a completely new thing to me.

winger · Sep 10, 2020

Jharris89 said:
I've only ever done 35mm, 4x5 is a completely new thing to me.

LOL - that's what I said before someone gave me my Beseler 45MX and I spent more time on Apug/Photrio. I don't think I have any extra 35mm carriers, but that may be the easiest one to find. Good luck!

Jharris89 · Sep 22, 2020

Update the wonderful person who gave me all of the equipment found the frame for both the Dichro Colorhead and the 45. So I should be in buisness now

winger · Sep 22, 2020

Jharris89 said:
Update the wonderful person who gave me all of the equipment found the frame for both the Dichro Colorhead and the 45. So I should be in buisness now

Excellent!

Beseler 45MX and Beseler 23cII and Beseler Dichro DG Colorhead

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