Musty smelling 110 reel and enlarger equipment from basement advice?

DannL · Mar 29, 2013

You could put it up on Craig's list, starting low, then increase the price by $5.00 each week until someone thinks they're getting a heck-of-a-deal. Don't forget to add a smattering of the words "vintage", "rare", and "retro" throughout the listing.

:confused:

kevs · Mar 29, 2013

With the tank, once you've used it a few times I think it will be fine; just wipe it over before you use it. The enlarger may be more of a problem, the bellows may have decayed in which case check for holes with a torch. You can make your own bellows at a pinch. But the metallic parts should be Ok, just wipe them over with a moist cloth, perhaps with a little Dettol or TCP on cotton wool swab.

Cheers,
kevs

StoneNYC · Mar 29, 2013

John Koehrer said:
I dunno, there's a negative carrier there. What makes you think it won't hold a neg?
Kodachrome IS a slide film!
Do what you want but it can be salvaged. It's not worth more than a couple of bucks but you do have it in your hands.

Yes Kodachrome is slide film... except paper and chemistry for printing slide film is almost unattainable... so keeping this moldy POS for the miracle of finding both in the same place is kind of silly don't you think? or would you like to give me your paper and chemistry?

StoneNYC · Mar 29, 2013

Oh and the negative carrier... it had edges on either side, so I would either have to cut each frame out separately, or it would pinch the other frames... so that's why I said it must be a slide film holder.

kevs · Mar 29, 2013

Old Fart said:
You could put it up on Craig's list, starting low, then increase the price by $5.00 each week until someone thinks they're getting a heck-of-a-deal. Don't forget to add a smattering of the words "vintage", "rare", and "retro" throughout the listing.

:confused:

not forgetting 'Lomography', 'hipster', 'analog' and 'traditional' of course... :-D

brucemuir · Mar 29, 2013

Actually the neg carrier looks like a speed carrier to me. Used for printing an entire roll without cutting into 5 or 6 or 7 frame strips like most of us do depending on size of neg pages.

The 2 scalloped looking parts on either side of the neg stage hold the roll on the feed side and the opposite side hods the roll as you progress through the roll. The carrier has a hinge and the film gets sandwiched and you slide it through as you go.

StoneNYC · Mar 30, 2013

brucemuir said:
Actually the neg carrier looks like a speed carrier to me. Used for printing an entire roll without cutting into 5 or 6 or 7 frame strips like most of us do depending on size of neg pages.

The 2 scalloped looking parts on either side of the neg stage hold the roll on the feed side and the opposite side hods the roll as you progress through the roll. The carrier has a hinge and the film gets sandwiched and you slide it through as you go.

Yes you are right, I discovered this today while fiddling with it outside in the sun.

Having never actually seen an enlarger before I didn't see the hinge, and the top part had a raised edge so I didn't realize it went between.

Anyway whoever said making new bellows was easy, I'll send you my 3 Kodak folders and you can do it for me since its so easy

The inside of the two hinged parts has some rust, so I'm writing the whole thing off, I'm just going to play with it outside and familiarize myself with the functions and extending and retracting the bellows for focusing and then throw it out...

~Stone

Mamiya: 7 II, RZ67 Pro II / Canon: 1V, AE-1, 5DmkII / Kodak: No 1 Pocket Autographic, No 1A Pocket Autographic | Sent w/ iPhone using Tapatalk

brucemuir · Mar 30, 2013

yea probably a scrap job…
too bad like someone said earlier you usually can rig a copy stand or some type macro rig but the must/mold really clinches the deal in my book.

StoneNYC · Mar 30, 2013

Yup, thanks guys I just discovered that the timer can control the time the exposure happens, so I learned something new. I'll take a bad transparency outside tonight just to "project" it onto the base, I've never seen any of my slides projected before so even a bad one will be fun to see.

Then it's trash

~Stone

Mamiya: 7 II, RZ67 Pro II / Canon: 1V, AE-1, 5DmkII / Kodak: No 1 Pocket Autographic, No 1A Pocket Autographic | Sent w/ iPhone using Tapatalk

StoneNYC · Apr 13, 2013

1 Clorox bleach overnight bath, 2 days in bright sun, and 2 hour long ultra hot dishwasher loads, and FINALLY I'm must smell free! (With the developing reels)

Thanks guys!

~Stone

Mamiya: 7 II, RZ67 Pro II / Canon: 1V, AE-1, 5DmkII / Kodak: No 1 Pocket Autographic, No 1A Pocket Autographic | Sent w/ iPhone using Tapatalk

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