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The Jingle Bells timer is identical to the Durst Coltim.
I find those yellow easels interesting.
 
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The Jingle Bells timer is identical to the Durst Coltim.
I find those yellow easels interesting.

The kids have co-opted the Jinglebell.

The easels look interesting, I'm not 100% clear how to use them but I have a good idea.
 

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The Jingle Bells timer is identical to the Durst Coltim.
I find those yellow easels interesting.
Saunders speed-ez-el were cool, print full sheets always with 1/4" (6mm) border
Place them on the table, and slide paper, expose, take out... repeat
Very useful when you had to do 20 copies of the same picture
 

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The kids have co-opted the Jinglebell.

The easels look interesting, I'm not 100% clear how to use them but I have a good idea.
Super simple you cut the paper to the right size, focus on the Speed-Ez-El, tape it down and then just slide the paper in for a perfect quarter once white border. The big one is probably 8x10
 
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Super simple you cut the paper to the right size, focus on the Speed-Ez-El, tape it down and then just slide the paper in for a perfect quarter once white border. The big one is probably 8x10
Saunders speed-ez-el were cool, print full sheets always with 1/4" (6mm) border
Place them on the table, and slide paper, expose, take out... repeat
Very useful when you had to do 20 copies of the same picture

I was thinking, these are perfect for contact prints. 4x5 should fit on it.
 

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I was thinking, these are perfect for contact prints. 4x5 should fit on it.
I don't think they will do a good job of keeping the film and negative in contact with each other.
Window glass is much better.
 

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People go ape for the Uniroller, they don't fail like the Beseler version. The Beautiful Beseler Blue was an attempt to be hip by the Marketing department, my 1st 4x5 in 1973 was that color. The speed easels need to be fixed to something to keep them in place, for making a lot of the same where perfectly repeatable exact borders require care. I think you hit a Bonanza!! Good for You :smile:
 

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The speed easels need to be fixed to something to keep them in place, for making a lot of the same where perfectly repeatable exact borders require care.
When I use these, I place the Speed-Ez-El on to a 2 blade adjustable easel with the blades set to hold them in position.
 
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People go ape for the Uniroller, they don't fail like the Beseler version. The Beautiful Beseler Blue was an attempt to be hip by the Marketing department, my 1st 4x5 in 1973 was that color. The speed easels need to be fixed to something to keep them in place, for making a lot of the same where perfectly repeatable exact borders require care. I think you hit a Bonanza!! Good for You :smile:

Well this one did. Fail that is...

I'm working my way through the enlarger. The condenser is slightly fungy but that should really make no difference. The main fail is the lens which is no big deal. Apart from that and the bellows needing to be fumigated and glued the whole thing is rock solid.
When I use these, I place the Speed-Ez-El on to a 2 blade adjustable easel with the blades set to hold them in position.

My other easel is one of those swing type that has cut outs on one side for 4x6 and 5x7 and the other side is 8x10. This enlarger is far FAR better than what I've been using lemmie tell you. It's a Fotolarger Testrite that is a royal pain to adjust. It does do 4x5 though...

The cleaning and sorting continues.
 

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I have room for 2 enlargers, I use a D3 for 6X9 and 4X5, right now I have Meopa for 35mm and 6X6, what I like is that I can work on 2 negatives at the same time, letting a print to dry down while I proof a second negative.
 
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On further inspection the condenser glass has some fungus. I don't really think it'll be a big deal though. I'll leave it out in the sun for a few days to kill anything, it shouldn't be blocking too much light.

What a score!!

I thought it may be. I'm no expert on darkroom stuff but I did recognize the name of the enlarger. I figured it would be an upgrade from the setup that I currently use.
 
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Sorting through a box and I found an anti static brush.

I expect to find my superpowers any day. Polonium does do that right?
 

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Not necessarily. It may be just conductive fibres.
 

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It looks like a pile of mostly garbage to me. {shrugs}

Although, I'd hang on to the Stroh's can opener.
 
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It looks like a pile of mostly garbage to me. {shrugs}

Although, I'd hang on to the Stroh's can opener.

The enlarger was worth the haul as far as the internets tell me. The can opener joins my collection but I don't have any beer that needs a can opener. I guess I'll use it for tomato juice.

I'll put up a comprehensive list soon, just about done sorting and cleaning.
 

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That
KODAK DIRECT POSITIVE FILM REDEVELOPER
is a contradiction in itself...

What meant here is the developer for a 2nd stage in B&W reversal processing. Thus reversal processing, not a direct positive process.
Likely here Direct Positive is meant to differ from a neg/pos copying process.


Terminology can be so misleading...
 
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That
KODAK DIRECT POSITIVE FILM REDEVELOPER
is a contradiction in itself...

What meant here is the developer for a 2nd stage in B&W reversal processing. Thus reversal processing, not a direct positive process.
Likely here Direct Positive is meant to differ from a neg/pos copying process.


Terminology can be so misleading...

So what use does it have for one like me?
 
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