Just for the record I had 2 8X10 Elwoods both exactly the same but with a big difference.

One had a cast iron hinged upright and the other was cast aluminum. Same exact casting marks, but weight was an issue.

I had only one cast iron base, which is also very heavy. I kept that, but...

I gave away the cast iron upright with the ikonic Cone Head. It is usable when bolted to a suitable baseboard.

I got 3 free Elwood's from one abandoned darkroom in Detroit. The donor found me on this forum and invited me to pick them up.

That's a good reason for the many lurkers to signup and join this forum.

Not the first time I got freebee's from kind souls that hate to see good old gear go to the dump.

Lurkers, sign up and join the discussion!

Quote Originally Posted by Duolab123 View Post
You have the fancier 5x7, with the masking blades. The 8x10 looks identical to my friends 8x10, we used the horizontal feature to print some 5 foot long pan shots back in the early 80's. We were poor, used some Artar lens out of a 16 x 20 Robertson process camera which still resides in my friend's basement. Worked great, lens is tack sharp.