My Jobo's are on their last legs

Bob Carnie · Mar 10, 2010

Michael

very serious set up , I am impressed.

We are at a final stage where we are now ready to order all the parts and materials to assemble.
We should have a complete operational unit by June .
We have oversized every thing to make it last.

Bob

Michael Slade said:
Out of the five we have at school, 3 are still running. I had them all going at the same time yesterday. Keep us all posted as this is still fresh in many people's minds.

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DanielStone · Mar 10, 2010

bob,

how's your little project coming along?

-Dan

clayne · Mar 11, 2010

Bob Carnie said:
Go home to sleep and look what happens..

Elevator is not on a strict budget on this, rather we would like to build it tough right from the start . The first one will give us the opportunity to run a few hundred rolls and a bunch of sheet film to gage how well it operates and look for glitches.
I am still using each days my Omega's , Durst and Deveere enlargers and they date back over 25 years.. Just replace the bulbs and make sure aligned and start printing.
Now thats what I am talking about.

Bob, get in contact with this guy:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29994198@N07/3227437285/

I believe he's in Washington state, but might be able to offer some insight.

DanielStone · May 9, 2010

so Bob,

any new updates on the project?

-Dan

dwdmguy · May 9, 2010

I wish you SO MUCH luck on this Bob.

dwdmguy · May 9, 2010

I sincerely hope you don't mind but I'm selling my Jobo atl 2300 MINT if anyone is interested. It's in classifieds along with a video link.
Best,
Tom

paul ewins · Jun 4, 2010

I thought I would just bump this one back to life as my own CPP has just broken. It appears to be a fault in the motor control circuit, but I have no idea what. The motor itself will run if I stick 12v across it so I'm going to experiment with an old-style model train controller to see if I can bypass the circuit entirely. The temp control and water pump are working fine, but when I disassembled the control box the on-off switch disintegrated. That is just a simple DPST switch so it was easily replaced with a regular rocker switch.

I do have a backup CPP but it is a really early unit and the circuit boards are different so I couldn't use it for parts. It would be fine for small tanks but not the expert tanks and the lift from the other CPP doesn't fit particularly well either which causes an occasional grinding of gears. I'll get by for the moment but an upgrade is starting to look like inevitable.

jon.oman · Jul 25, 2010

Is there any update on the progress of this project?

Jon

Mahler_one · Jul 25, 2010

One might get in touch with Greg at Omega to see if parts are available now, or will be in the future. I realize that there has been a reorganization at Jobo. However, I have been told that it IS possible that parts will be made once the legal process has run its course. Just a suggestion that might supply hope to those of us who use the Jobo processors.

Bob Carnie · Jul 25, 2010

We have secured funding for this processor with some of our heavy film users jumping on board with us with financial help.
Richard has designed the machine , we are preparing the darkroom to handle the tempering baths and starting to build one machine.
It is not going to be pretty that I assure you , but we will be able to use all our Jobo reels, tanks and accesories.

jon.oman said:
Is there any update on the progress of this project?

Jon

Lopaka · Jul 25, 2010

These kind of projects always seem to take longer and cost more than you think when you start out.
Glad to hear it is still on track. We still want to see it when it is working. 'Pretty' is in the eye of the
beholder - if it works the way you want it to, it will be beautiful, regardless of how strange its appearance.

Bob

richard ide · Jul 25, 2010

Au contraire! It will also be pretty. ;<) Well; almost.

jon.oman · Jul 27, 2010

Bob Carnie said:
We have secured funding for this processor with some of our heavy film users jumping on board with us with financial help.
Richard has designed the machine , we are preparing the darkroom to handle the tempering baths and starting to build one machine.
It is not going to be pretty that I assure you , but we will be able to use all our Jobo reels, tanks and accesories.

Bob,

Thanks for the update. Are you still going to publish the design when done?

Jon

Bob Carnie · Jul 27, 2010

That is going to be up to Richard, he is building it and has made the design, so I am going have to defer to him.

jon.oman said:
Bob,

Thanks for the update. Are you still going to publish the design when done?

Jon

jon.oman · Jul 27, 2010

Bob Carnie said:
That is going to be up to Richard, he is building it and has made the design, so I am going have to defer to him.

Bob,

Thanks again, let us know what Richard decides to do.

Jon

Sal Santamaura · Sep 26, 2011

Any progress?

Bob, 14 months since the last post, can you give us a status update? How's the project going?

ajuk · Oct 11, 2011

What is with that apostrophe in the title? That's shocking.

Kevin Caulfield · Oct 11, 2011

ajuk said:
What is with that apostrophe in the title? That's shocking.

Its' jus't s'omething people do s'ometime's'

My Jobo's are on their last legs

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