I tought about building one, but the cost of the socket, heat glass, lamp and lens alone will probably exceed the cost of one you’ll find on ebay! I once own a tdc duo, you should be able to get one from ebay at a very affordable price, the only flaw of the design is that it’s a one slide at a time thing, no tray. Building one will probably cost you more than that. If you want a little more for your money the next best thing is a bausch & lomb balomatic 755-756 series one is automatic the other manual, they take tray....but those are really hard to find. I got one and I’m always short of tray. I got my balomatic on ebay for 9.99$ and even with the 30$ shipping it came quite cheap, I must admit I was quite lucky! Now those are selling for a lot more but I think there is one right now in the 39$ price range. Expect to pay at least 10$ per tray!
After that you’ll have to go with the big guys Kindermann or rollei 66 or p11 but expect to pay 250$ to 400$. And if you think you can build one with a good lens like this be aware that the lens alone often sells for as much as the projector, even used one!
Robert
Mtl, Quebec
On 1/5/02 8:42 PM, "Mark Blackwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Anyone ever build a medium format slide projector? It really seems that those available are either so expensive or so simple looking that it really shouldnt be that hard to build a bettter one. How did you do it? Thanks
Mark Blackwell
http://www.aviatorsonestop.com
