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    Eric Woodbury
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    Condensers, condensers everywhere

    I have either 3 or 4 sets of enlarger condensers. Two CB-7 type, maybe a 45M, and one old Kodak. The latter is a friend of mine, but the other three are using valuable floor space. Is there anything cool to be done with these short of doorstops or destruction? I've kept them thinking I may use one sometime, but my enlargers are now so heavily modified that only one will take a condenser lamphouse. My ceiling is on the low side at 7.5", therefore any enlargement would be limited.

    Thanks for the tips.

    EW

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    Re: Condensers, condensers everywhere

    yeah they do pile up. meanwhile someone out there is looking for a set.

    perhaps list them for sale or gift?

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    Re: Condensers, condensers everywhere

    Sell for shipping

    I don’t need them but was very happy to buy a NOS CB7 condenser head here a few years ago for very little and shipping
    Tin Can

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    Eric Woodbury
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    Re: Condensers, condensers everywhere

    It's too far to the post office.

    Maybe stocking stuffers. Coal is out of style.

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    Re: Condensers, condensers everywhere

    When I was in a wheelchair, not anymore, I often used Express Mail Boxes and had them picked up from my front door.

    https://tools.usps.com/schedule-pickup-steps.htm

    I prefer USPS service to any other company
    Tin Can

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    Eric Woodbury
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    Re: Condensers, condensers everywhere

    The USPS, at least in my daughter's town, does a little shopping of their boxes. The one with avocados is still 'lost' in the post office and that was a year ago. Another, the tape was carefully slit and contents removed. Letters to the postmaster also don't seem to get there, as there has been no response to the complaint. I now use UPS. Takes longer maybe, but less than a year for avocados. And packages seem to arrive with their contents.

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