De Vere 705s

[Mark Kononczuk]

Hi,
Some years ago i bought this De Vere 705s enlarger. I had the head machined out so I could fit an 18x18cm glass plate collidion negative into it and print it. Which worked fine.well, apart from the fact that the Lens didn't quite cover the glass plate negative.
Anyway, recently i decided to make some big prints from 4x5 film negatives and 6x6 medium format film and it turns out that you can only make little prints, maximum print from 4x5 neg is 50x40 cm with a Rodagon 210 Lens and 45x55 cm with a Wollensack Raptar 190mm. Medium format I would probably not even get a20x20cm print. So, is this somekind of a copying enlarger? The baseboard does not fold down which would enable larger prints. I thought of cutting off the whole subnmaribe-style turning handles and all the chains that make it work, and to walo mount it. It would be a bit of a shame and i'm not sure all the alignments would work if i did that. What do you think?

[Mark Kononczuk]

[Mark Kononczuk]

[Mark Kononczuk]

[Mark Kononczuk]

[Mark Kononczuk]

[Tin Can]

Pretty sure you would be happier with wall mount

IF it is just like my 504 the base comes off and use short shaft knobs

Where are you?

[Mark Kononczuk]

I'm in Poland. If i get my angle grinder out and start cutting the structure up i am worried i will ruin the way it smoothly glides on the posts.

[Mark Kononczuk]

These handles make these chains
Go up and down on these pulleys
At the top and bottom of the whole apparatus.

[Mark Kononczuk]

The enlarger is about 8 feet tall. And it can only make little prints? I'm getting something wrong here....