[LargeFormat] B-I-G enlarger on eBay

[Richard Knoppow]

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From: "Guy Glorieux" <guy.glorieux@sympatico.ca>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 5:29 AM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] B-I-G enlarger on eBay


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Clive Warren"
> >
> > That's a Kamm chassis with an 8x10 Chromega F Dichroic
head - without
> > looking at the auction details! Exactly the same as
mine, together
> > with exhaust fan.
> >
> > It is a great piece of kit - one handle wheel raises and
lowers the
> > head, the other is for moving the lens standard for
focusing. Each
> > wheel has a locking device - after a bit of practice you
can use your
> > knee to hold the unlocked wheel when making coarse
adjustments.
> >
>
> Very much like the De Vere set up.  I wonder who was first
to design
> this kind of set-up to move the head and lens from the
baseboard.  A
> really clever system which I thought was unique to De
Vere...  Actually,
> there was a floor standing DeVere 8X10 for sale on Ebay
(UK) a couple of
> weeks ago.  The seller indicated he would ship the
enlarger free within
> a specified distance in England.  Didn't check for how
much the enlarger
> went for.
>
> I've got a 504 floor standing model and I've never tried
the "knee"
> thing you mention, Clive.
>
> Seems like an interesting bit of body exercise in the
> rkroom...   -:!))
>
> Best regards,
>
> Guy
  There have been a lot of enlargers with crank up heads and
remote focus. The earliest I know of, but not necessarily
the first, were the Saltzman enlargers made in New York.
Saltzman made 5x7 and 8x10 models stock and made 11x14 on
special order. They also built very heavy versions for
aerial mapping. All are extremely well built and very smooth
in operation. The larger ones look like vertical milling
machines. Some of them had a third handwheel on the front
for remote control of the iris.
  A somewhat similar enlarger was made by Elwood for aerial
mapping. This was a standard Elwood 8x10 head on a floor
stand with a worm mechanism to raise and lower he head from
a crank on the front. These are not comparable with the
Saltzman machines in quality.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@ix.netcom.com