Super Chromega D Dichroic II Lamphouse

[LuLu2]

I am back in the darkroom after several years away, and am hoping that someone can give me some advice about a repair to my Super Chromega D Dichroic II 4x5 Lamp house. While troubleshooting the lamp house I discovered that the yellow filter has become unattatched from the Filter Holder assembly. I retrieved it from the bottom of the lamp house and now need to know how to reattach it (or if I can even do so!). The Cyan filter is also missing, but since I am only using this enlarger for B & W printing, I should only be needing magenta and yellow filters. I'm not looking forward to taking this apart. Advice will be very helpful.

 

[Neal]

I am back in the darkroom after several years away, and am hoping that someone can give me some advice about a repair to my Super Chromega D Dichroic II 4x5 Lamp house. While troubleshooting the lamp house I discovered that the yellow filter has become unattatched from the Filter Holder assembly. I retrieved it from the bottom of the lamp house and now need to know how to reattach it (or if I can even do so!). The Cyan filter is also missing, but since I am only using this enlarger for B & W printing, I should only be needing magenta and yellow filters. I'm not looking forward to taking this apart. Advice will be very helpful.

No guarantees but I used a dab of super glue decades ago. Still attached.

 

[LuLu2]

No guarantees but I used a dab of super glue decades ago. Still attached.

Sounds like a good idea - I was wondering about the effects of heat on superglue, but for me a decade or two would be great. Did you have to disassemble the entire lamp house to do that?

 

[Sirius Glass]

Welcome to Photrio!

 

[Neal]

I don't think you can do it without disassembly but I won't say it's impossible.

Good luck!

 

[Donald Qualls]

From what I recall looking inside my Super Chromega D, it might be possible to reattach the filter glass to the holder without disassembly if you use a slow-setting super glue. Apply the glue to one surface, set the filter in place, give the tiniest possible shot of accelerator, hold for a few seconds (you can often see the glue crinkle on the surface as it cures), then figure out a way to clean the kicker residue off the filter(s).