Philips 2000 Help Please!

Fordmondeo · Feb 26, 2017

Hello.

I have just aquired a PCS 2000 enlarger for the square root of nothing.

Firstly, if anyone has one of these, can they tell me the dimensions of the base board as it did not come with one. Length, width and board thickness if possible?

Secondly, it only has the 35mm diffusion box so, asides the amount of polystyrene inside, are there any other fundamental differences?
I ask this as I cannot find a 6X6 diffuser anywhere and intend to fabricate one.

Any advice is welcome and if anyone knows where I can get an original please let me know.

My thanks in advance.

Martin Rickards · Feb 26, 2017

You've got your hands on a rather unusual colour enlager with red, green and bue, rather than the normal cyan, magenta and yellow filtration. Apart from that, I don't know much about them.

Fordmondeo · Feb 26, 2017

It is kind of funky though.
I used to have the lpl 7700mx so I have a bit of a learning curve ahead.

jvo · Feb 26, 2017

found this http://www.jollinger.com/photo/enlargers/philips.html

i'm not familiar with this enlarger, but have always considered the baseboard size to be one of my choosing - that supports the enlarger and is level/properly aligned.

enjoy.

Fordmondeo · Feb 26, 2017

Thanks. in truth it's mainly thickness I'm interested in.
As the column is effectively a cantilever beam, I'm concerned about the turning moment and subsequent tear forces on the base material.
I guess a stiff load spreader will work at the interface area.

Renato Tonelli · Feb 26, 2017

This enlarger got excellent reviews in the photographic magazines when it was introduced (but I don't recall any specifics).
As far as the baseboard is concerned, can you bolt it to an existing work table you may already have?

Fordmondeo · Feb 26, 2017

As I said, i'm just interested in generic sizes. If anyone has a 35mm/6X6 enlarger, can they please run a tape measure over it and give me some guidance?

jvo · Feb 26, 2017

Fordmondeo said:
As I said, i'm just interested in generic sizes. If anyone has a 35mm/6X6 enlarger, can they please run a tape measure over it and give me some guidance?

the link above has the dimensions of the original base.

Fordmondeo · Feb 27, 2017

jvo said:
the link above has the dimensions of the original base.

Which link?
I can't see it.

Martin Rickards · Feb 27, 2017

Fordmondeo said:
Which link?
I can't see it.

this one: http://www.jollinger.com/photo/enlargers/philips.html

Fordmondeo · Feb 27, 2017

Martin Rickards said:
this one: http://www.jollinger.com/photo/enlargers/philips.html

Got it.
Any idea of board thickness?

Martin Rickards · Feb 27, 2017

Chipboard, maybe made more rocid with 1/2" batons With column fastemig steel reiforced.

bdial · Feb 27, 2017

I had a Philips, I don't recall the exact thickness, but it was about the same as any other enlarger I've had. 20mm plywood would work well, or melamine laminate MDF at 20mm or perhaps a little thicker should do well.

bernard_L · Feb 27, 2017

Fordmondeo said:
As the column is effectively a cantilever beam, I'm concerned about the turning moment and subsequent tear forces on the base material.
I guess a stiff load spreader will work at the interface area.

Beg a leftover piece of kitchen countertop (benchtop) from a kitchen designer/contractor. Typically 28mm thick if I remember correctly. I recently replaced the missing baseboard for a Philips PCS130 with a kitchen cutting board (horizontal wood fibers). But best is white kitchen benchtop.

ic-racer · Feb 27, 2017

I have a PCS 150 with the Tri-one system. The baseboard is about 21mm. That seems pretty thin compared to the Omega D5000 I have next to it. That baseboard is 40mm.

Ronald Moravec · Feb 27, 2017

Baseboard is 17 inches wide x 20 inches deep and 3/4 inch MDF covered with laminate on top side. 4 rubber feet .

Tricky part is maybe 3/16" aluminum triangle under where the column mounts. around 4" base to back side and 8" high truncated to 1 1/2 wide toward center of baseboard. The purpose is to provide place to screw in enlarger and to prevent the base from sagging in center from moment of enlarger head. I had an early 6x7 Chromega that sagged which makes alignment impossible. I never found a way to align the PCS200 except with shims as required

6x6 diffusion box is outwardly the same as 35 mm except no mask revealing 35mm frame. It may have a shape to the plastic, but I would have to take it apart to know.

Mine is screwed to a well supported plywood box across back of bench that gives me an extra 6" rise with bottom of box cut back for easel space

Do not ask about the controller . All I remember is RGB. If the print is red, add red, if magenta, remove green, if green, add green, if blue , add blue, if yellow, subtract blue. You will just need to figure how to turn what wheels.

Good luck finding the bulbs. I think same as V35 Leica bulbs, 13139.

Fordmondeo · Mar 1, 2017

Ronald Moravec said:
Baseboard is 17 inches wide x 20 inches deep and 3/4 inch MDF covered with laminate on top side. 4 rubber feet .

Tricky part is maybe 3/16" aluminum triangle under where the column mounts. around 4" base to back side and 8" high truncated to 1 1/2 wide toward center of baseboard. The purpose is to provide place to screw in enlarger and to prevent the base from sagging in center from moment of enlarger head. I had an early 6x7 Chromega that sagged which makes alignment impossible. I never found a way to align the PCS200 except with shims as required

6x6 diffusion box is outwardly the same as 35 mm except no mask revealing 35mm frame. It may have a shape to the plastic, but I would have to take it apart to know.

Mine is screwed to a well supported plywood box across back of bench that gives me an extra 6" rise with bottom of box cut back for easel space

Do not ask about the controller . All I remember is RGB. If the print is red, add red, if magenta, remove green, if green, add green, if blue , add blue, if yellow, subtract blue. You will just need to figure how to turn what wheels.

Good luck finding the bulbs. I think same as V35 Leica bulbs, 13139.

Thanks for that.
I took my 35mm diffuser box apart. It is only the level that keeps it together.
So it is possible I can replace the expanded polystyrene in the 35mm diffusion box with thinner material to allow coverage of a 6X6 neg?

thornhill · Mar 5, 2017

Fordmondeo said:
Hello.

I have just acquired a PCS 2000 enlarger for the square root of nothing.

Any advice is welcome and if anyone knows where I can get an original please let me know.

Hi.

A useful source of information might be tri-one@yahoogroups.com
The group isn't terribly active but there are some knowledgeable users who monitor it.
I've been following it for some years since a DIY project of mine which
involved piggy-backing two Tri-One colour heads together to make a single light source that would cover 4x5.
It worked quite well but I moved on to a Beseler diffusion head.
Replacement lamps for the 2000 are probably 13165 and they`re easy to track down, albeit expensive.
Good luck!
Derek

RPC · Mar 5, 2017

thornhill said:
I've been following it for some years since a DIY project of mine which
involved piggy-backing two Tri-One colour heads together to make a single light source that would cover 4x5.
It worked quite well but I moved on to a Beseler diffusion head.

A 4x5 color head adapter was once marketed by GMI that allowed you to take the tri-color lamp/filter assembly out of a PCS 150 model and mount it in the adapter for use with the Omega D series of enlargers. I picked one up off of Ebay for my Omega D3. It works well unless I want to make very large prints, where it requires long exposures, so for that I prefer my Chromega color head.

ic-racer · Mar 5, 2017

RPC said:
A 4x5 color head adapter was once marketed by GMI that allowed you to take the tri-color lamp/filter assembly out of a PCS 150 model and mount it in the adapter for use with the Omega D series of enlargers. I picked one up off of Ebay for my Omega D3. It works well unless I want to make very large prints, where it requires long exposures, so for that I prefer my Chromega color head.

Interesting device, but the long exposures can be an issue. My PCS150/Tri-One controller timer only goes to 40 seconds and can be a limiting factor even enlarging 35mm to 8x10". I wonder what kind of exposure times other Tri-one users are getting. I was thinking about getting 3 new bulbs, but my existing bulbs look fine.

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