Dis-assembly of DURST Laborator 138 for storage.

[plaubel]

Ginette, your way is more easy, of course.
But imagine this:
The wire cable has to keep in position the complete head with all moving parts, and in my case 3 lenses. Let's say 15 Kg at all.
Disassembling and transporting means that you probably will grab the head, so if something moves, the rod will become the moving part.
The rod is lightweight comparished to the head; in loosing the black fixing knobs the rod becomes speedy and powerful.
I wouldn't go the easy way anymore.

Ritchie

[Ginette]

If the 2 head knobs are thighten, nothing supposed to move.


The screw (8) near the L shape handle (6) need to be fully slack because this screw enter into a slot in the column.
If you cannot turn the head and the upper column when both #8 and #6 are supposed to be unscrew, it mean that the milled screw (8) is still engage in the slot of the column.
See point 2.4.2 of the assembling instructions http://www.durst-pro-usa.com/pdf/man...38S_manual.pdf
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I removed the upper section alone in the past. I removed all condensers, lens, carrier, lamp. I think I have removed each time the gray head, this part is not really heavy but I prefer to remove it to protect the fragile parts of the lamp ajustement mechanism. Once parts are removed, I lay down the whole enlarger on it back, the large legs keep the enlarger from turning. Grasp where the large head section (where the knobs for blocking the heads are located). Grasping the cable or the top coil is not a good idea. Lay down the enlarger make sense also in you are near your ceiling height, the column section overlapping, I don't remember exactly but probably at least 6".

[Bogdan Karasek]

It will be easier to remount if you keep the top column that way.

Salut Ginette; I got the enlarger apart; base, bottom column, top column, and the entire head. Thanks for the advice!