Elwood 8x10 enlarger manual?

Murray@uptowngallery · Feb 27, 2008

If you're in the mood for a laugh, I just committed to buy my first enlarger (I took photography classes in the 1970's, but never had my own darkroom).

It's an Elwood 8x10...no use in screwing around with lightweights, right?

I've seen a manual for a 5x7 and that's intimidating enough.

Thanks

Murray

Peter De Smidt · Feb 27, 2008

Which one, Murray? I have a table top "auto-focus" model. I'd love to see the table it's supposed to go on. No doubt it'd fit right in in Valhalla. What type of lightsource does it have?

Murray@uptowngallery · Feb 27, 2008

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Probably incandescent...200-300W?

I read someone's post somewhere about a table-top one with a 40x50 base!

colrehogan · Feb 27, 2008

I have one of those - in my shed. The thing is huge! However, I don't have a room with a tall enough ceiling to use it. I have a lens and a big bulb and as far as I know, it works.

Murray@uptowngallery · Feb 27, 2008

Have a weight estimate on it?

Peter De Smidt · Feb 27, 2008

Hi Murray,

That's not the autofocus model. (Mind you, mine doesn't really autofocus.) You'll definitely want to check out the mirroring in the dome, and there should be a difusing sheet that goes about the negative carrier. It'll be more opaque in the middle. When I actually used mine, I used an Aristo t1212 cold light head with it. That worked great, but they're expensive. Since these don't have any heat reflecting glass, be careful not to cook any negatives. Operation is straight forward.

colrehogan · Feb 27, 2008

Murray@uptowngallery said:
Have a weight estimate on it?

I think mine has a stand/flat part on the bottom. I think my husband and a neighbor who helped him move it say about ~300 lbs.

Peter De Smidt · Feb 27, 2008

Mine's more like Diane's. It's about 300 lbs, although the base part separates from the column part. Murray, my guess is yours is about 200 lbs.

Murray@uptowngallery · Feb 28, 2008

Not happy to hear those numbers. I'm a wee little runt.

ChuckP · Feb 28, 2008

Don't worry, you can break it down into a few parts to make it easy to handle. Lamp housing, elevation column and bellows part. You can even remove the big cast piece the lamp housing sits on to further lighten the load.

Murray@uptowngallery · Feb 28, 2008

Good. The cast base is gone...has a three-hole mounting pattern.

I read the 'pin' can be difficult to remove. Hopefully that isn't necessary.

Maybe this was meant to happen. My garage appears to have a 9 or 10 foot finished ceiling. Temperature may have to be regulated :O(

Elwood 8x10 enlarger manual?

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