After much searching, I managed to track down a carrier for my Valoy I. I kept reading that it could use the same carrier as the focomats and the auction that I bought it from said that it would work in the Valloys. Here's the problem, it doesn't fit. The long pins prevent me from inserting the carrier deeply enough to fully illuminate the negative. Plus, the silver film guide rails prevent the condenser from lowering onto the film. Either I don't have a Valloy, or this is the wrong neg carrier... It looks like the focomats swing open and the pins ensure that there is proper registration. My enlarger looks like the old valloys and focomats, but it does not swing open, there is a slot for sliding the carrier into it, but the pins prevent me from going far enough. HELP!
Isaac
Isaac
I will see if I can scrounge one up and post some pictures. Another person has suggested that perhaps the Valoy simply doesn't use the long pins. On a related note, I find it amazing how little info there is on these enlargers. I have done many searches on both Valoy and valloy (which one is correct?) and have pulled up very little.