Need help with beseler printmaker

[gardenleveljr]

Hello! I've been shooting 35mm and wanting to print at home and I just got a beseler printmaker enlarger for 6$ at a thrift store, but its missing just about every part for it, I am missing the front panel, filter holder, condenser, and lens board. This is my first enlarger and I am clueless, is it worth it to look for the parts? Or should I just look for a different enlarger that already has all the parts. I have a 3D printer and I was planning on printing the front cover and filter holder.
If anybody knows where I could find the condenser for a cheap price please let me know.

 

[xkaes]

I believe that Beseler still makes the Printmaker, and even if they don't, they might have the parts you need. But keep in mind that the parts that you need could easily cost much more than finding an enlarger that is all in one piece.

 

[MattKing]

You might have more luck with something like Facebook marketplace or Craigslist.
This listing looks like it has some potential: https://denver.craigslist.org/pho/d/denver-lots-and-lots-of-darkroom/7829483268.html

 

[MattKing]

Oh, and welcome to Photrio.

 

[Paul Howell]

Shopgoodwill has a cadet for sale, will need to include shipping. I think the Cadet was the next size up from the printmaker. It looks like it needs a baseboard.

https://shopgoodwill.com/item/224348543

 

[MattKing]

Other way around I think - the Cadet is the entry level choice: https://www.beselerphoto.com/photography-enlargers/
If you end up getting something else, I believe the basic frame of your Printmaker can be re-purposed as a copy/film digitization aid.
The Printmaker does have the option of going up to 6x7 - unlike the Cadet.

 

[F4U]

With that much missing I believe I'd just scrap it and find another enlarger. Sorry to be the one to say it. By the time you find all the parts and pay shipping on top of the parts themselves, you'd have more money and time in it that it was worth.

 

[Paul Howell]

My mistake I thought the printmaker was only good to 35mm did not know there was 6X7 model.

 

[xkaes]

https://shopgoodwill.com/item/224463270