Hi,

A question for those of you who own a Saunders 4550 enlarger...

I have a Saunders 4550XL enlarger I bought on consignment at a local photo shop here in Seattle. After a time, a realized why the enlarger was probably put on sale - periodically, enlargements would appear with an "vibrating" effect. Thin king that the problem was the fan, I ordered up a new one from Saunders in Roche ster, N.Y..

Yet, still even with the new fan installed, I get exposures/prints that appear t o be all shaken.

When I lightly touch the negative platform, I can feel some degree of vibration. I can only suspect that the new fan is not vibration free and is thus giving t rouble to my prints.

Is a degree of vibration normal for this enlarger?

Many thanks for your answers.

Robert