Hi Ken:

Ken Hart wrote:

Just guessing he Do you think the indexing pins go through the carrier,
or perhaps they position the carrier.(The carrier butts up against them.)
Try cutting two pieces of mounting board stock the size of the negative
carrier stage plus a tb that sticks out the front. Cut a hole in the center
of them 24mm x 36mm. Cut notches for the indexing pins. Cut some index card
stock to fasten to the bottom piece spaced about by the width of the film to
help you position the negative. Hinge the two pieces together in the back.

I would think that they would have to go up through the carrier - the
"lens cone" goes about 1/3 inch behind the pins and if the carrier
didn't go far enough back, some of the light to the condensor would be
interrupted. Either this, or perhaps the notches on the original carrier
might have been quite deep. I must look at it more closely, and do as
you say with a cardboard template (I had thought of doing that before,
too), and see if a negative strip placed in front of the pins will
completely show. The trickiest thing will be the placement of the
negative cutout ont he carrier to get it in the correct location. That
is why I was hoping to find someone with this oddball enlarger to get
the measurements of the carrier and the placement of the cut-out....

Last night, I disassembled the condensor and cleaned years of grime and
dust from it. It looks as though with a new carrier, it will be quite
functional.

As for the inexpensive developing tank-- there's this thing called eBay...!
Actually, I have a couple plactic single roll tanks (120 or 1-35mm, the type
where the top reel flange slides down for 35mm) that I wouldn't mind parting
with. If you're interested, email me privately with your zip code, and I'll
come up with a price.

Actually, I won one there last night for $2.99. (plus 8 times that for
shipping :-) It is an old GAF roll film tank with a thermometer that
doubles as an spin knob. That should do me for the first few films...

Thanks,

Dave