Want to Buy LF: Omega D5 Enlarger Thumbscrews

[Pitotshock]

If anyone has a parts enlarger, I'm looking to get 2 of the thumbscrews that hold the lift arms to the lamphouse.

P.S. Also looking for 2 balance springs for the same enlarger...

 

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[Canuck]

I do not know if they are the same size but I was buying these screw for my computer.

https://www.newegg.com/p/0PS-008N-0...ews-_-9SIA27C6D61549-_-Product&quicklink=true

 

[ic-racer]

I have this and it does not fit any of my Omega D5500 lamphouses, as they don't use the lift mechanism. I only have the one.

 

[Pitotshock]

Well, one would be half way there!

 

[Sir Charles]

McMaster-Carr is my go-to company for anything hardware.
https://www.mcmaster.com/thumb-screws/stainless-steel-high-profile-knurled-head-thumb-screws/

 

[MattKing]

McMaster-Carr is my go-to company for anything hardware.
https://www.mcmaster.com/thumb-screws/stainless-steel-high-profile-knurled-head-thumb-screws/

A good suggestion.
And welcome to Photrio.
To the OP, if KHB can't help you with the correct parts, they may be able to direct you to which one on that list will serve as a substitute

 

[John Koehrer]

Ace hardware in the US carries a variety of them.

 

[Pitotshock]

McMaster-Carr is my go-to company

Unfortunately, McMasterCarr doesn't ship to Canadians unless they are an existing industrial customer of theirs. One of my earlier jobs, I used to order from them all the time, now I don't have an easy access to their stuff... sad.

Certainly KHB does have them in stock and the shipping isn't too bad, as I'm in the same province. Just thought I would put out a request here first to see what I might be able to dig up.

 

[Bill Burk]

I have a spare of the part that looks like it but is flush, to hold condenser ring to lamphouse. It doesn’t have the ledge to stay loose. A washer could go on it, or it could be turned or filed to have a lip… so it may ‘work’.

 

[Pitotshock]

Don't need the lift springs anymore, as I decided to rebuild the ones I had. They had two issues, the end clips had broken off, and the springs were very gummy with old oil. I decided that I had nothing to lose (other than a finger maybe!) with the old ones as they were already broken.

So I disassembled them and cleaned the springs with lighter fluid. Reassembled them and re-installed onto the enlarger.