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Question about Intrepid enlarger kit
Hello everyone, I am writing from Italy, and I have a problem, I would like to purchase the kit https://intrepidcamera.co.uk/cart?variant_id=74 to transform my optical bench from a toyo 45 to Folding into an enlarger.
They tell me it's not possible because when I remove the frosted glass the hole that remains is too big to fit the kit.
Did any of you use it? how did he do?
Thanks Michele
Re: Question about Intrepid enlarger kit
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michelegregolin
Hello everyone, I am writing from Italy, and I have a problem, I would like to purchase the kit
https://intrepidcamera.co.uk/cart?variant_id=74 to transform my optical bench from a toyo 45 to Folding into an enlarger.
They tell me it's not possible because when I remove the frosted glass the hole that remains is too big to fit the kit.
Did any of you use it? how did he do?
Thanks Michele
Why don’t you ask Intrepid if it will mount to your camera if you are not sure?
Re: Question about Intrepid enlarger kit
On the top and bottom of your rear frame, just above and below the ground glass, there should be two little knurled buttons that are what you need to push and slide off the back to reveal the Graflok attachments I believe. This is the same as my Toyo GII.
See this image:
https://assets.catawiki.nl/assets/20...ba569e9d0d.jpg
Reference:
https://www.catawiki.com/l/11030829-...oyo-45a-camera
Re: Question about Intrepid enlarger kit
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Corran
That's just what I instructed him to do but you know the "Picture worth 1000 words" saying.
Re: Question about Intrepid enlarger kit
I know, now, that those are the frame springs but to the untrained eye they don't look like springs. I remember it took some doing to figure that out when I got my 6x12 back and tried to use it on my Toyo GII years ago. Certainly not as obvious as on a Crown Graphic or something like that with the sliding clips visible. He understandably went for the clips up top to take the entire frame off.
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Re: Question about Intrepid enlarger kit
Inglese
Thanks for your help, you are very kind, but my chassis plate is different and I don't have the springs to remove it from me is a single block, someone can recommend me a back that I could buy to replace mine and be able to mount the adapter to do it enlarger?
Re: Question about Intrepid enlarger kit
Apparently some Toyo 45A cameras, as discovered online, have spring backs. You would have to find a Graflok-style back of the same type for your camera. I'm not terribly familiar with Toyo's "Field" cameras so someone might have some further suggestions.
A cursory glance on eBay reveals these:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Toyo-View-4...6/383661938207
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Exc-Toyo-Vi...n/324209235792
Might work if the Field and View backs are the same size frames?