Durst 138s 5x7 Enlarger Q

[Curt]

Does anyone have a Durst 138 5x7 converted to an 8x10 enlarger? What head does your Durst 5x7 have?

 

[Curt]

Does anyone have a Durst 138 5x7 converted to an 8x10 enlarger? What head does your Durst 5x7 have?__________________

For those who own a Durst 5x7 enlarger, what are you using for a light head other than a condenser head? That would be a factory or homemade color head, factory or homemade diffusion head or any other configuration of light source either factory made or homemade.

Thanks

 

[ic-racer]

I believe that is what jp80874 has. Here is a picture of it in his gallery. He has posted about it before, search under his user name. I have seen the enlarger in person and it is a first rate conversion:
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

 

[Curt]

It looks like metal although it's wood he told me, a very nice cold light head in a very well made mount.

 

[jp80874]

Curt,

I didn`t answer because we had talked about it earlier and I thought you were looking for new information. The head is an Aristo model 1212, 110 volt, 60 Hz, 240 w. The head is the black square metal box at the top. I think that is how Aristo sells it, in the metal box. You can’t see it in the pictures, but there is a small 8”x 4.5”x 4.5” heavy metal box resting on the Durst frame behind the larger metal box you can see. It has the same Aristo nomenclature plate as the larger box. On the smaller box someone (I think Michael Mutmansky) has put a plastic tape label that says “THERMO”. There are wires connecting the two boxes. The tapering gray assembly between the Aristo head and the bellows is wood. I am sorry if I was not clear about what was metal and what was wood earlier.

In the earlier exchange I think I also answered your questions about the measurement of the negative carrier location. Is there anything else I could measure or describe for you?

John Powers

 

[Curt]

John, Aristo cold lights come in metal boxes and I know that the tapered gray riser on yours is wood, no clarification need there.

I am interested in what other heads are out there. I want to know if anyone other than Glenn of Glennview has made a head. Glenn states that the entire masking stage and bellows needs to be taken off the enlarger and a new bellows and a larger opening is needed for 8x10.

He also makes color heads and I would like to know if anyone has made a color head for the 138.

Curt

 

[jp80874]

PM sent to Curt with my negative views on Glennview.

John Powers

 

[Curt]

Yes Glenn is unique, I wouldn't have him make anything for me, and I know what you mean about the price going up and up. Some people who can use tools, shouldn't and if I wanted to buy a $5,000,00 color head I wouldn't buy it from Jensen either. It's a shame that a great company like Durst got lost to an enterprise like Jensen.

That's my point of view, everyone's entitled to their own opinion of course.

 

[ic-racer]

We need Nicholas Linden to come up with an affordable large format LED enlarger head

 

[Curt]

We need Nicholas Linden to come up with an affordable large format LED enlarger head

Now there is a good idea, I just took my enlarger down and apart pending what to do with it. Until I have a good idea and plan I'm not using it.

Fooling around with equipment that has parts missing, IE head, takes too much time and energy, with it put away maybe a cooling off period will be healthy for me.

Curt