RE: Vintage Enlarger

[mike wilson]

Most computer stuff would be recyclable here.  The manuals and suchlike under 
the paper route and the hardware under electrical end of life regulations.

> On 24 October 2020 at 01:51 jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> 
> 
> I signed up with Freecycle on Tuesday, and on Thursday someone posted they 
> were interested in old computer gear: today I
> will unload a pile of both working and non-working items including original 
> manuals, cables etc - everything  computer
> bods collect over many years, and never throw away in case we might need it.  
> So, having decided I'll never, for
> example, need a parallel interface cable again, out it goes!
> Free, they collect, and it goes to someone who is interested, so not to 
> landfill - can't get better than that.
> 
> John in Brisbane
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: PDML  On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola
> Sent: Friday, 23 October 2020 11:47 PM
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> Subject: Re: Vintage Enlarger
> 
> Thanks, Mark.
> I am trying schools and the local colleges.  I just hate to throw it in the
> trash.  We had a local crew come in yesterday and take away a dump truck of
> unwanted items from our basement, including a piano that is beyond repair.
> That was my chance to get rid of it easily, but I keep feeling someone
> might want it.
> 
> Dan Matyola
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> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 5:55 PM Mark C  wrote:
> 
> > You might want to check with local schools or museums that have photo
> > classes. They probably won't want an older enlarger but may have
> > students who are film enthusiasts who would.
> >
> > That said, I have a Beseler 23C that I've been trying to give away for
> > years with no luck.
> >
> > BTW - some enlarger lenses are excellent for studio macro work. I took
> > the EL-Nikkor 50mm f2.8 off the enlarger I have and it is great reverse
> > mounted on extension. They are't worth much though, I think there is an
> > ample supply of them out there.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On 10/19/2020 5:35 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
> > > In cleaning out my basement, I have a vintage film enlarger that I need
> > to
> > > dispose of.  It is made by DeJur, belonged to my father-in-law, and is at
> > > least 60 years old, but still intact.
> > > I would prefer to see it go to someone who would use it, rather than to
> > the
> > > local landfill.  Too heavy to be shipped economically.  Any ideas on how
> > I
> > > might proceed?
> > >
> > >
> > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-dGZOLo0f_TsNRgs7CYqWtK4qfxWUsXM/view?usp=sharing
> > >
> > >
> > https://drive.google.com/file/d/18hegccMwuiPD00zkAqTWPcgK3md1S0cN/view?usp=sharing
> > >
> > > Dan Matyola
> > > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
> > > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>*
> >
> >

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RE: Vintage Enlarger

[jcoyle]

I signed up with Freecycle on Tuesday, and on Thursday someone posted they were 
interested in old computer gear: today I
will unload a pile of both working and non-working items including original 
manuals, cables etc - everything  computer
bods collect over many years, and never throw away in case we might need it.  
So, having decided I'll never, for
example, need a parallel interface cable again, out it goes!
Free, they collect, and it goes to someone who is interested, so not to 
landfill - can't get better than that.

John in Brisbane


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From: PDML  On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola
Sent: Friday, 23 October 2020 11:47 PM
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Subject: Re: Vintage Enlarger

Thanks, Mark.
I am trying schools and the local colleges.  I just hate to throw it in the
trash.  We had a local crew come in yesterday and take away a dump truck of
unwanted items from our basement, including a piano that is beyond repair.
That was my chance to get rid of it easily, but I keep feeling someone
might want it.

Dan Matyola
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<https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>*



On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 5:55 PM Mark C  wrote:

> You might want to check with local schools or museums that have photo
> classes. They probably won't want an older enlarger but may have
> students who are film enthusiasts who would.
>
> That said, I have a Beseler 23C that I've been trying to give away for
> years with no luck.
>
> BTW - some enlarger lenses are excellent for studio macro work. I took
> the EL-Nikkor 50mm f2.8 off the enlarger I have and it is great reverse
> mounted on extension. They are't worth much though, I think there is an
> ample supply of them out there.
>
> Mark
>
> On 10/19/2020 5:35 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
> > In cleaning out my basement, I have a vintage film enlarger that I need
> to
> > dispose of.  It is made by DeJur, belonged to my father-in-law, and is at
> > least 60 years old, but still intact.
> > I would prefer to see it go to someone who would use it, rather than to
> the
> > local landfill.  Too heavy to be shipped economically.  Any ideas on how
> I
> > might proceed?
> >
> >
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-dGZOLo0f_TsNRgs7CYqWtK4qfxWUsXM/view?usp=sharing
> >
> >
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/18hegccMwuiPD00zkAqTWPcgK3md1S0cN/view?usp=sharing
> >
> > Dan Matyola
> > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
> > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>*
>
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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks, Mark.
I am trying schools and the local colleges.  I just hate to throw it in the
trash.  We had a local crew come in yesterday and take away a dump truck of
unwanted items from our basement, including a piano that is beyond repair.
That was my chance to get rid of it easily, but I keep feeling someone
might want it.

Dan Matyola
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*



On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 5:55 PM Mark C  wrote:

> You might want to check with local schools or museums that have photo
> classes. They probably won't want an older enlarger but may have
> students who are film enthusiasts who would.
>
> That said, I have a Beseler 23C that I've been trying to give away for
> years with no luck.
>
> BTW - some enlarger lenses are excellent for studio macro work. I took
> the EL-Nikkor 50mm f2.8 off the enlarger I have and it is great reverse
> mounted on extension. They are't worth much though, I think there is an
> ample supply of them out there.
>
> Mark
>
> On 10/19/2020 5:35 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
> > In cleaning out my basement, I have a vintage film enlarger that I need
> to
> > dispose of.  It is made by DeJur, belonged to my father-in-law, and is at
> > least 60 years old, but still intact.
> > I would prefer to see it go to someone who would use it, rather than to
> the
> > local landfill.  Too heavy to be shipped economically.  Any ideas on how
> I
> > might proceed?
> >
> >
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-dGZOLo0f_TsNRgs7CYqWtK4qfxWUsXM/view?usp=sharing
> >
> >
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/18hegccMwuiPD00zkAqTWPcgK3md1S0cN/view?usp=sharing
> >
> > Dan Matyola
> > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
> > *
>
>
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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[Mark C]

You might want to check with local schools or museums that have photo 
classes. They probably won't want an older enlarger but may have 
students who are film enthusiasts who would.


That said, I have a Beseler 23C that I've been trying to give away for 
years with no luck.


BTW - some enlarger lenses are excellent for studio macro work. I took 
the EL-Nikkor 50mm f2.8 off the enlarger I have and it is great reverse 
mounted on extension. They are't worth much though, I think there is an 
ample supply of them out there.


Mark

On 10/19/2020 5:35 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

In cleaning out my basement, I have a vintage film enlarger that I need to
dispose of.  It is made by DeJur, belonged to my father-in-law, and is at
least 60 years old, but still intact.
I would prefer to see it go to someone who would use it, rather than to the
local landfill.  Too heavy to be shipped economically.  Any ideas on how I
might proceed?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-dGZOLo0f_TsNRgs7CYqWtK4qfxWUsXM/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18hegccMwuiPD00zkAqTWPcgK3md1S0cN/view?usp=sharing

Dan Matyola
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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks, John;  I will look into that.

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On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 12:01 PM John  wrote:

> As it happens I had to have something shipped a couple of weeks ago.
>
> I found a replacement for my old Troy-Bilt Super Tomahawk chipper/shredder
> that
> I could afford ... only drawback was it was up at a farm equipment dealer
> in
> Michigan north of Detroit. I wasn't looking forward to driving all that
> way to
> get it. I was afraid it was going to cost too much to have it shipped.
>
> When I talked to the dealer they suggested I contact Yellow Freight for a
> quote.
>
> It cost less to have it shipped to Yellow Freight's local terminal in
> Morrisville & pick it up there than it would have cost to have it
> delivered here
> to the house.
>
> Or to make the round trip to go get it.
>
> They have a web site where you can fill out the form & get a bill of
> lading for
> the shipment & you can call their support phone number where someone will
> walk
> you through filling out the form.
>
> Anyway, if someone wants it & it's too big for UPS, if  they can get to a
> nearby
> freight terminal to pick it up & Dan can deliver to a nearby terminal, the
> shipping cost may be less than you think.
>
>
> On 10/20/2020 11:11:06, Bill wrote:
> > On Mon., Oct. 19, 2020, 3:36 p.m. Daniel J. Matyola, <
> danmaty...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> In cleaning out my basement, I have a vintage film enlarger that I need
> to
> >> dispose of.  It is made by DeJur, belonged to my father-in-law, and is
> at
> >> least 60 years old, but still intact.
> >> I would prefer to see it go to someone who would use it, rather than to
> the
> >> local landfill.  Too heavy to be shipped economically.  Any ideas on
> how I
> >> might proceed?
> >>
>
> >
> > Do a little checking to see if you can find a trucking company that will
> > include it in an LTL shipment. That might bring shipping costs down
> quite a
> > bit, though delivery times can increase somewhat.
> >
> >
> > When I was selling brick, one time I had a couple of cubes sent from a
> > plant in North Dakota via LTL. When I got to work the next morning, there
> > was a low deck with a ginormous piece of road building equipment on it
> and
> > my cubes of brick looking like wheel chocks in front of the tires. The
> > shipping was about half of a full load price using the same company.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >>
>
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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[John]

As it happens I had to have something shipped a couple of weeks ago.

I found a replacement for my old Troy-Bilt Super Tomahawk chipper/shredder that 
I could afford ... only drawback was it was up at a farm equipment dealer in 
Michigan north of Detroit. I wasn't looking forward to driving all that way to 
get it. I was afraid it was going to cost too much to have it shipped.


When I talked to the dealer they suggested I contact Yellow Freight for a quote.

It cost less to have it shipped to Yellow Freight's local terminal in 
Morrisville & pick it up there than it would have cost to have it delivered here 
to the house.


Or to make the round trip to go get it.

They have a web site where you can fill out the form & get a bill of lading for 
the shipment & you can call their support phone number where someone will walk 
you through filling out the form.


Anyway, if someone wants it & it's too big for UPS, if  they can get to a nearby 
freight terminal to pick it up & Dan can deliver to a nearby terminal, the 
shipping cost may be less than you think.



On 10/20/2020 11:11:06, Bill wrote:

On Mon., Oct. 19, 2020, 3:36 p.m. Daniel J. Matyola, 
wrote:


In cleaning out my basement, I have a vintage film enlarger that I need to
dispose of.  It is made by DeJur, belonged to my father-in-law, and is at
least 60 years old, but still intact.
I would prefer to see it go to someone who would use it, rather than to the
local landfill.  Too heavy to be shipped economically.  Any ideas on how I
might proceed?





Do a little checking to see if you can find a trucking company that will
include it in an LTL shipment. That might bring shipping costs down quite a
bit, though delivery times can increase somewhat.


When I was selling brick, one time I had a couple of cubes sent from a
plant in North Dakota via LTL. When I got to work the next morning, there
was a low deck with a ginormous piece of road building equipment on it and
my cubes of brick looking like wheel chocks in front of the tires. The
shipping was about half of a full load price using the same company.

Bill






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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[Igor PDML-StR]

I keep receiving spam that offers brand-new enlargers. :-)



Mark Roberts Tue, 20 Oct 2020 04:45:00 -0700 wrote:

At this point, *all* enlargers are vintage enlargers.




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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Except you Ann.  You will always be an ingenue.

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On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 12:05 PM ann sanfedele  wrote:

> at this point, all on the PDML list are vintage photographers :-)
>
> MARK, Mark?
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> ann
>
> On 10/20/2020 7:44 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
> > At this point, *all* enlargers are vintage enlargers.
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Re: Vintage Enlarger

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at this point, all on the PDML list are vintage photographers :-)

MARK, Mark?

ann

On 10/20/2020 7:44 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:

At this point, *all* enlargers are vintage enlargers.
  


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RE: Vintage Enlarger

[jcoyle]

I have two enlargers - my first, a Gnome 35mm from 1968, and an LPL700 with 
dichroic colour head, and three enlarger
lens, a Wray 50mm , an El-NIKKOR 50mm and a Schneider-Kreuznach Comparon 75mm, 
plus all the gear for home enlarging and
printing.  Haven't actually done any for a few years now, but everything is 
there if anyone wanted it.  Tried to find
anyone (schools, clubs, etc.  ) a few years ago to give or sell to with no 
responses - maybe now that there are some
people taking up film again it might be different.

I've just signed up for Free Cycle, so I might give it a go.

John in Brisbane




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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[John Francis]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 07:54:53PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Oct 19, 2020, at 2:35 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> > 
> > In cleaning out my basement, I have a vintage film enlarger 
> 
> It is entirely possible that there are film enlargers that are not vintage.

But will they work with non-vintage film?

One of these days I might just drag out one of the cassettes of Kodak Royal 
Gold 25
that have been sitting in my freezer for well over a decade, and fire up an MX.
I should at least take a look in the box to remind myself what else is there. 
Velvia?


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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[Steve Cottrell]

On 20/10/20, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I'd like to
>contact a local photography club or some adventurous local young
>photographer who might actually try to put it to some use,

Good point. I once donated a lens to an art college, and some filming gear to 
film workshop...




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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[Bill]

On Tue., Oct. 20, 2020, 9:53 a.m. Daniel J. Matyola, 
wrote:

> Thanks, Bill.
> What is LTL?
>

Less Than full Load.
Technically couriers are LTL shippers with an enlarged customer service
department, but they are geared towards smaller parcels.
A boxed enlarger would be on the small side for an LTL freight shipper who
will have palletized freight loaded most of the time, but on the larger
side for a courier such as FedEx, UPS or the post office that is more used
to carton shipments.
Be prepared to put your product onto a pallet for LTL shipping.

bill

You mention the Speed Graphic;  this enlarger is accompanied by my
> father-in-laqw's Speed Graphic, which would be easier to ship, if not to
> sell.
>
> Dan Matyola
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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks, Bill.
What is LTL?
You mention the Speed Graphic;  this enlarger is accompanied by my
father-in-laqw's Speed Graphic, which would be easier to ship, if not to
sell.

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On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 11:12 AM Bill  wrote:

> On Mon., Oct. 19, 2020, 3:36 p.m. Daniel J. Matyola,  >
> wrote:
>
> > In cleaning out my basement, I have a vintage film enlarger that I need
> to
> > dispose of.  It is made by DeJur, belonged to my father-in-law, and is at
> > least 60 years old, but still intact.
> > I would prefer to see it go to someone who would use it, rather than to
> the
> > local landfill.  Too heavy to be shipped economically.  Any ideas on how
> I
> > might proceed?
> >
>
> I had 3 colour enlargers and a cold light head enlarger that I tried to
> sell a few years ago. Because of the size and awkwardness of them, they are
> expensive to ship directly, as you have found, and fragile to ship LTL, but
> if well packed should be OK.
> I was able to sell one of the colour head units, ironically the cheap
> Beseler C67, and ended up sending a Beseler 23C, a 45C and a Zone VI cold
> light Beseler 4x5 to the dump. I didn't get any nibbles on them that I
> could convert to a sale.
>
> I'm not sure how desirable an old DeJur enlarger is. They are cool looking,
> but didn't have a great reputation. I had a 5x7 DeJur for a while when I
> bought my first 4x5 camera, a Crown Graphic, when I was around 17.
> It was a difficult enlarger to use.
>
> Do a little checking to see if you can find a trucking company that will
> include it in an LTL shipment. That might bring shipping costs down quite a
> bit, though delivery times can increase somewhat.
>
>
> When I was selling brick, one time I had a couple of cubes sent from a
> plant in North Dakota via LTL. When I got to work the next morning, there
> was a low deck with a ginormous piece of road building equipment on it and
> my cubes of brick looking like wheel chocks in front of the tires. The
> shipping was about half of a full load price using the same company.
>
> Bill
>
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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[Daniel J. Matyola]

That would usually be a good idea, but they are mostly virtual now.
Perhaps the vocational-technical institute>

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> Am 20.10.20 um 16:15 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola:
>
> > If I don't get a better idea, I'll use freecycle.
>
> What about local schools?
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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[Bill]

On Mon., Oct. 19, 2020, 3:36 p.m. Daniel J. Matyola, 
wrote:

> In cleaning out my basement, I have a vintage film enlarger that I need to
> dispose of.  It is made by DeJur, belonged to my father-in-law, and is at
> least 60 years old, but still intact.
> I would prefer to see it go to someone who would use it, rather than to the
> local landfill.  Too heavy to be shipped economically.  Any ideas on how I
> might proceed?
>

I had 3 colour enlargers and a cold light head enlarger that I tried to
sell a few years ago. Because of the size and awkwardness of them, they are
expensive to ship directly, as you have found, and fragile to ship LTL, but
if well packed should be OK.
I was able to sell one of the colour head units, ironically the cheap
Beseler C67, and ended up sending a Beseler 23C, a 45C and a Zone VI cold
light Beseler 4x5 to the dump. I didn't get any nibbles on them that I
could convert to a sale.

I'm not sure how desirable an old DeJur enlarger is. They are cool looking,
but didn't have a great reputation. I had a 5x7 DeJur for a while when I
bought my first 4x5 camera, a Crown Graphic, when I was around 17.
It was a difficult enlarger to use.

Do a little checking to see if you can find a trucking company that will
include it in an LTL shipment. That might bring shipping costs down quite a
bit, though delivery times can increase somewhat.


When I was selling brick, one time I had a couple of cubes sent from a
plant in North Dakota via LTL. When I got to work the next morning, there
was a low deck with a ginormous piece of road building equipment on it and
my cubes of brick looking like wheel chocks in front of the tires. The
shipping was about half of a full load price using the same company.

Bill

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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[Ralf R Radermacher]

Am 20.10.20 um 16:15 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola:


If I don't get a better idea, I'll use freecycle.


What about local schools?

Ralf

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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks.

We do have a local freecycle, and I have used it in the past.  Lately, most
things are being grabbed up by "flea market" types for resale.  I'd like to
contact a local photography club or some adventurous local young
photographer who might actually try to put it to some use, instead of being
taken and sold as a prop for a local coffee house.

When we lived on a busier residential street, I could leave things on the
sidewalk with a "free" sign, and they would be taken.  Now, at the end of a
cul=-de-sac with only 6 homes, only USPS, UPS, FedEx, and Amazon drive
by. 

If I don't get a better idea, I'll use freecycle.


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On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 5:27 AM Steve Cottrell  wrote:

> On 19/10/20, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
> >In cleaning out my basement, I have a vintage film enlarger that I need to
> >dispose of.  It is made by DeJur, belonged to my father-in-law, and is at
> >least 60 years old, but still intact.
> >I would prefer to see it go to someone who would use it, rather than to
> the
> >local landfill.  Too heavy to be shipped economically.  Any ideas on how I
> >might proceed?
>
> Dan - we use Freecycle a lot - it's worldwide (in fact started in the USA).
>
> Basically you put a post on and say what you've got, someone sees the post
> and says 'yes please can I have it'. You then arrange a date and time for
> them to collect whatever the item is ("it'll be next to the green trash can
> on the drive" etc) and they show up and collect it from you.
>
> This way, unwanted items can have a chance at going to a good home.
>
> The cost is nothing for you, and the collector simply shows up to collect.
>
> Clearly this only works for relatively local community so the web site is
> sectioned into areas and localities.
>
> We have found it brilliant at having things removed and you hardly lift a
> finger as someone collects. Freecyclers are always friendly people because
> they believe in the cause. In fact I need a couple of pallets (skids) and
> searched on Freecycle and found some right away about 10 miles from me -
> I'm picking them up Wednesday. What's not to like!
>
> 
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>   Cheers
> Cotty
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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[Toine]

Maybe the lens is a gem. If you're lucky it has a M39 mount and
aliexpress and others offer adapters from M39 to M42 or K mount. Add a
helicoid and maybe you have a new lens.
The column could function as a nice copy stand with some DIY to attach
a Manfrotto or Kirk adapter.

On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 at 23:36, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
>
> In cleaning out my basement, I have a vintage film enlarger that I need to
> dispose of.  It is made by DeJur, belonged to my father-in-law, and is at
> least 60 years old, but still intact.
> I would prefer to see it go to someone who would use it, rather than to the
> local landfill.  Too heavy to be shipped economically.  Any ideas on how I
> might proceed?
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-dGZOLo0f_TsNRgs7CYqWtK4qfxWUsXM/view?usp=sharing
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/18hegccMwuiPD00zkAqTWPcgK3md1S0cN/view?usp=sharing
>
> Dan Matyola
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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[Mark Roberts]

At this point, *all* enlargers are vintage enlargers.
 
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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[Steve Cottrell]

On 19/10/20, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed:

>In cleaning out my basement, I have a vintage film enlarger that I need to
>dispose of.  It is made by DeJur, belonged to my father-in-law, and is at
>least 60 years old, but still intact.
>I would prefer to see it go to someone who would use it, rather than to the
>local landfill.  Too heavy to be shipped economically.  Any ideas on how I
>might proceed?

Dan - we use Freecycle a lot - it's worldwide (in fact started in the USA).

Basically you put a post on and say what you've got, someone sees the post and 
says 'yes please can I have it'. You then arrange a date and time for them to 
collect whatever the item is ("it'll be next to the green trash can on the 
drive" etc) and they show up and collect it from you.

This way, unwanted items can have a chance at going to a good home.

The cost is nothing for you, and the collector simply shows up to collect.

Clearly this only works for relatively local community so the web site is 
sectioned into areas and localities.

We have found it brilliant at having things removed and you hardly lift a 
finger as someone collects. Freecyclers are always friendly people because they 
believe in the cause. In fact I need a couple of pallets (skids) and searched 
on Freecycle and found some right away about 10 miles from me - I'm picking 
them up Wednesday. What's not to like!








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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[Daniel J. Matyola]

I was trying to indicate it is old, very old.

Dan Matyola
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On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 10:55 PM Larry Colen  wrote:

>
>
> > On Oct 19, 2020, at 2:35 PM, Daniel J. Matyola 
> wrote:
> >
> > In cleaning out my basement, I have a vintage film enlarger
>
> It is entirely possible that there are film enlargers that are not vintage.
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Re: Vintage Enlarger

[Larry Colen]

> On Oct 19, 2020, at 2:35 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> In cleaning out my basement, I have a vintage film enlarger 

It is entirely possible that there are film enlargers that are not vintage.

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