One of my projects for the winter was a slight modification of my Beseler 45 ( http://blog.rwhawkins.com/franken_beseler/ ) So far it has been working great. Anyone else have pictures of some enlarger DIY?
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Motorized focus is on my wishlist. For now a long rod with a ujoint mechanism to make a right angle.
Nice job! The high ceiling saves you back! I have to lower the baseboard of my 8x10 enlarger almost all the way down to get a 40" image.
Of course your post is incomplete...you have not shown us your clever solution to process the big prints
Of course your post is incomplete...you have not shown us your clever solution to process the big prints
Hi-ya,
I had alot of fun with my Durst-Zilla modification. You might enjoyy reading about it at www.BlueGrassHarvest.com I attached a Beseler CB7 to a Durst L184 chassis. That enlarger is long gone, now I have a standard L184 and a DeVere 504. I still have the special mounting bar that interfaces the CB7 with the Durst. Your enlarger looks great - reminds me of a 10X10 Saltzman enlarger with all that steel tubing. Nice work !
I had alot of fun with my Durst-Zilla modification. You might enjoyy reading about it at www.BlueGrassHarvest.com I attached a Beseler CB7 to a Durst L184 chassis. That enlarger is long gone, now I have a standard L184 and a DeVere 504. I still have the special mounting bar that interfaces the CB7 with the Durst. Your enlarger looks great - reminds me of a 10X10 Saltzman enlarger with all that steel tubing. Nice work !
Nothing this extreme for me. I hacked a 45M to mount the Zone VI 57 VC cold light head. Then found I really disliked that head.
Yes, I'll have to post about big print processing as well. I've tried the popular methods and settled on one that works well for me.
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A significant project for me was modifying a 45S head to make exposures more consistent. I would delay anywhere from a spit second to several seconds.
It's been described on this site in more detail. To make a brief summary, I installed a Zone VI compensating enlarger timer sensor and use the timer to make exposures. I purchased the last Beseler adapter from Calumet for a Zone VI Type II enlarger. For some reason, Calumet made this adapter about two inches thick. As a result, the 45S was floating about an inch away form the negative. (No good.)
So, I had an excellent, local, metal craftsman Cut it down to about 1 1/8" , the same as what they made for the Type I enlarger. It works great.
It's been described on this site in more detail. To make a brief summary, I installed a Zone VI compensating enlarger timer sensor and use the timer to make exposures. I purchased the last Beseler adapter from Calumet for a Zone VI Type II enlarger. For some reason, Calumet made this adapter about two inches thick. As a result, the 45S was floating about an inch away form the negative. (No good.)
So, I had an excellent, local, metal craftsman Cut it down to about 1 1/8" , the same as what they made for the Type I enlarger. It works great.
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