What to do with LittleJohn

[Cliff Kitchen]

Hi all,

I've been storing this LittleJohn since we last used it at the turn of the century. I sadly now have to vacate my premise and have no room to keep it. I would like advice please on whether to clean it up/paint it (the rails and chassis) or leave it in current state and where would be the best place to advertise it?

Best
Ciff

[Tin Can]

Don't paint or 'restore'

as is

is best

[Cliff Kitchen]

Thank you Tin, I think you are right.
best
Cliff

[ic-racer]

It is a ULF enlarger, yes? If so, maybe put that in the thread title. Only reason I read the thread is I am currently eating a #5 Vito Little John sub from Jimmy Johns...I'm not kidding.

[Duolab123]

Is ts a converted process camera?

[nitroplait]

If that is Little John, then I really want to see Big John, or even just John.

[Tin Can]

Pretty sure it is a copy camera

If it was near me, I would buy it

I bought 8X10 Linhof studio cameras from France and England, shipping was high

Price was cheap

[Cliff Kitchen]

Originally it was used by a printed circuit company in Kingston upon Thames (South London, UK) to reduce hand drawn circuit boards down to size. Not sure if they used it for enlarging but it came with a cold cathode back which seems like an original attachment rather than a conversion. When they went out of business my father rescued it and put it to work. We used it for both copying large artwork and for producing 60 x 40 positives for screenprint.

[Tin Can]

Is that Metric or...

Just curious

[Duolab123]

Originally it was used by a printed circuit company in Kingston upon Thames (South London, UK) to reduce hand drawn circuit boards down to size. Not sure if they used it for enlarging but it came with a cold cathode back which seems like an original attachment rather than a conversion. When they went out of business my father rescued it and put it to work. We used it for both copying large artwork and for producing 60 x 40 positives for screenprint.

That's a great piece of history.

[Duolab123]

http://www.garyreggae.co.uk/wordpress/history/os-history/photographic/

[Havoc]

http://www.garyreggae.co.uk/wordpress/history/os-history/photographic/

Wow! Just great stuff. Largest "camera" I saw was such a thing for reducing integrated circuits masks in the old DDR.

[Cliff Kitchen]

230375
Everything was imperial in those days

[Tin Can]

I bet my old employer still uses a 4X4 ft process camera.

They make automotive gaskets in 1 million sq ft, Skokie IL.

I got a tour decades ago, camera had a very heavy hinged vacuum back in the wet side room.

The lens and LONG bellows in another room, with adjustable boom lighting.

They silkscreen their boxes and many gaskets.

First make holes with repeating presses, then silk screen repeaters RTV around the holes

Millions for IC engines.

Electric cars are their biggest worry.

Fuck em

[Cliff Kitchen]

Any suggestions where the best place to advertise it please?

[Tin Can]

After 30 days of membership here, we are allowed to buy/sell/barter

No fees

[Gary Beasley]

Originally it was used by a printed circuit company in Kingston upon Thames (South London, UK) to reduce hand drawn circuit boards down to size. Not sure if they used it for enlarging but it came with a cold cathode back which seems like an original attachment rather than a conversion. When they went out of business my father rescued it and put it to work. We used it for both copying large artwork and for producing 60 x 40 positives for screenprint.
The cold cathode back was probably for copying transparencies, though it would work in a limited fashion as an enlarger.