Looking for filter drawer for Focomat CII

[Domenico Foschi]

About 3 days ago It seems the gods decided to favor me.
I was lucky enough to find a very close to mint Focomat enlarger with two lenses for 1/10 of how much some folks would like to sell it on Ebay. This is the model with the "mock" filter drawer that I need in order to do VC printing.
Do you know of any source or if anybody here has one?
Thank you in advance.

 

[John Koehrer]

I'm making one for mine. I also haven't bothered to look on the bay.

The original design is a little funky because it needs a support at the rear of the holder so there's
going to be a tube/handle that slides in & out as the holder is moved in/out
Check the rear of the lamphouse & you'll find a small white plug. The support is a tube
(I'm using brass) that fits into the end of the holder.The tube is .29" or 7 ish mm and I
needed to enlarge the hole in the housing a very tiny bit.

Here's a link to the manual: http://www.bonavolta.ch/hobby/files/Focomat IIc - Manuel E.pdf

 

[Domenico Foschi]

Mhmm, thank you, John. With all the projects I have lined up I am not sure I want to tackle this one. Of course if nothing comes along I will have to do choose your route. Good luck with it.

 

[Hilo]

http://www.kienzle-phototechnik.de/...IIc__Vall/leitz_focomat_ic_iia_iic__vall.html

Be a little patient with this company, they take their time !

Looks like you got a great deal on a special enlarger! If the 100mm is the Focotar you really lucked out. However the Elmar is also a beautiful lens.

One warning: when you move the lenses from left to right, or vice versa, FIRST lift up the whole lens system by pushing upwards the squeezing handle and ONLY THEN move sideways . . . If you do not do this, the Bowden cable gets strained quite a bit which in the end results in it breaking.

 

[Domenico Foschi]

Thank you, Hilo.