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Help identifying misc darkroom equip

ac123

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Hi,

I recently purchased a large lot of darkroom equip, but are unsure the function/title of some misc items I've purchased - wondering if anyone might be able to help with identification for these objects:



Thanks a lot in advance.
 
#4 is a ceramic spacer used to hold the heating element in Jobo processors. These often get unglued and probably lost, so apparently someone held a spare on hand.
#6 is a Jobo film squeegee. Some people love them, others hate them. After having irreparably destroyed a few rolls of film with that exact type of squeegee, I'm in the latter camp. The other items are (apparently) Jobo film hanging clips (?), the two black things in the middle ring a bell; maybe they're the extensions that go onto the roller insert in a Jobo processor to support a 1500 series tank. The ziplock baggie contains the retaining clips that hold sheets of film or paper inside a Jobo paper drum; these clips slide onto the ribs on the inside of these drums.

Can't help you very well with the rest, apart from noting that #2 looks like any old brush you could pick up in a hardware store...#3 looks like a hose clamp of some sort and #1 and #5 I suspect are parts of an enlarger, with #1 being some kind of diffusor and #5 might be part of a lens turret/board assembly - but it's not for an enlarger I'm familiar with.
 

Incredibly helpful thanks so much!
 
I can confirm that in #6, the two fork-shaped items between the film drying clips and the Jobo Print Drum clips are extension arms for a Jobo Processor lift assembly MINUS the rollers. You can take the rollers out (or put them in) for larger drums, such as the 2500 series print drums or the 3000 Series Expert film developing drums.

These are more typically found on the ATL Series of Jobo Processors.



#3 just looks like a hose clamp of some sort.

#1 rings a bell, but a shot on-edge might help identify.
 
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#1 is possibly an extension lens board or lens cone. Depends on what the translucent white thing is and whether it is screwed into an enlarger-lens thread.

As AnselMortensen said, #5 is a lensboard for smaller Omega enlargers; it twist-locks into place using the shaped cutouts.
 
Saganich said:
#2 old camel hair Brush
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Don't brush this on your body, arm, face, etc, because you'll transfer body oils to the hairs of the brush, which was likely used to brush off a negative in the enlarger negative holder before exposure.

It may already have been damaged this way, but give it a try, with a marginal, very clean negative, to see if any oils transfer.

By the way, the term "Camel hair" does not mean it IS made of Camel hairs, it's a general term for unknown or kept soft hairs, which could be from some of the lesser brush hairs, such as those of the Red Sable, Kolinsky Sables, sheep and goat hairs.

If you must replace it, buy an artist's Red Sable watercolour brush, from a good maker, about 1.5" -2" wide.

Oil paint brushes will be held more stiffly, and less desirable for negatives, where it may drag debris causing scratches.

Cheers.
 
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#4 is the ceramic spacer for the heading element in Jobo TB-12 and probably others.
 

These are used on all JOBO processors. I have them on my CPE2 and on my CPE2+. Indeed, they are used to support the tank on the end. In the position shown, it's to support the larger 2500 series drums. Reversed (pointing in), they are used to support the smaller diameter 1500 series drums. On the larger processors, I believe that the rollers are on the base support shown to the far left of the arrow to support the 3000 series drums.
 
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