I have been working for the past 12 months for a dear friend, selling off his entire custom labs worth of equipment. I am looking to sell off the small, easy-to-ship items first.
This is a very nice set of custom milled Speed Carriers (from San Francisco) that fit Beseler 45 Series enlargers (and I am pretty sure theyll fit Saunders LPL, but I do not have one to try). I have been using these on my DeVere 504 with a custom adapter plate (not for sale, but I will make a trace template and provide photos to anyone who is wanting to build one for themselves). This set cost my friend over $2500 when they were new each one was custom milled by a machinist here in Arlington, VA (using some of the original Speed Carrier blanks he already had). Each is made of heavy aluminum-alloy, are black anodized and are buttery smooth to the touch. They slip into place when inserted into the cassette holder they do not move vertically at all, but are allowed some horizontal movement for centering. For those of you who have never used a Speed Carrier, you are in for a real treat. The cassette holder sits permanently in the camera stage of your enlarger, clamped into place. Then, you just slide the mask into the side of the cassette holder BANG! Youre done. Perfect every time and very, very - well, speedy. No need to refocus or otherwise fiddle with your enlarger. A real joy to use.
Here is the list of custom sizes, measured (in millimeters) by a dial caliper and marked on each mask;
1. 95 X 121 (4X5)
2. 95 X 121 (4X5)
3. 95 X 120.8 (4X5)
4. 95 X 120.5 (4X5)
5. 70 X 82 (labeled Negative-In-A-Card)
6. 58 X 83
7. 58 X 45
8. 58 X 45
9. 57.5 X 45
10. 57 X 82
11. 57 X 82
12. 57 X 57.5
13. 57 X 57
14. 57 X 44
15. 56.5 X 69
16. 55 X 66.5
17. 55 X 55
18. 55 X 42
19. 26 X 37
20. 25.5 X 38
21. 23.75 X 35
22. 35mm mounted transparency
23. Speed Carrier Cassette #1 (very nice, worn, but nice)
24. Speed Carrier Cassette #2 (also nice, some electrical tape on one end, probably for light
leak prevention)
Price for the entire set is hard to pin down. I almost never see these for sale, and the few times that I have, none ever are a complete set like this one. So, lets try $350 shipped CONUS 48 States (this is a heavy box). PayPal as a gift or add 3% to the total.
As a bonus, Ill match, as a donation to this site, up to 5% of this sale - whatever amount the buyer wants to donate up to 5%.
This is a very nice set of custom milled Speed Carriers (from San Francisco) that fit Beseler 45 Series enlargers (and I am pretty sure theyll fit Saunders LPL, but I do not have one to try). I have been using these on my DeVere 504 with a custom adapter plate (not for sale, but I will make a trace template and provide photos to anyone who is wanting to build one for themselves). This set cost my friend over $2500 when they were new each one was custom milled by a machinist here in Arlington, VA (using some of the original Speed Carrier blanks he already had). Each is made of heavy aluminum-alloy, are black anodized and are buttery smooth to the touch. They slip into place when inserted into the cassette holder they do not move vertically at all, but are allowed some horizontal movement for centering. For those of you who have never used a Speed Carrier, you are in for a real treat. The cassette holder sits permanently in the camera stage of your enlarger, clamped into place. Then, you just slide the mask into the side of the cassette holder BANG! Youre done. Perfect every time and very, very - well, speedy. No need to refocus or otherwise fiddle with your enlarger. A real joy to use.
Here is the list of custom sizes, measured (in millimeters) by a dial caliper and marked on each mask;
1. 95 X 121 (4X5)
2. 95 X 121 (4X5)
3. 95 X 120.8 (4X5)
4. 95 X 120.5 (4X5)
5. 70 X 82 (labeled Negative-In-A-Card)
6. 58 X 83
7. 58 X 45
8. 58 X 45
9. 57.5 X 45
10. 57 X 82
11. 57 X 82
12. 57 X 57.5
13. 57 X 57
14. 57 X 44
15. 56.5 X 69
16. 55 X 66.5
17. 55 X 55
18. 55 X 42
19. 26 X 37
20. 25.5 X 38
21. 23.75 X 35
22. 35mm mounted transparency
23. Speed Carrier Cassette #1 (very nice, worn, but nice)
24. Speed Carrier Cassette #2 (also nice, some electrical tape on one end, probably for light
leak prevention)
Price for the entire set is hard to pin down. I almost never see these for sale, and the few times that I have, none ever are a complete set like this one. So, lets try $350 shipped CONUS 48 States (this is a heavy box). PayPal as a gift or add 3% to the total.
As a bonus, Ill match, as a donation to this site, up to 5% of this sale - whatever amount the buyer wants to donate up to 5%.
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