Thank you, Chauncey. I posted the same thread in the current APUG forum, and there it was suggested that a lamphouse conversion to LED sources might be a better option than replacing the current circular fluorescent bulb (it does look like a Circline). Any thoughts on that? I think that either option is manageable.
There were two parts with the enlarger that I thought were magnetic clamps at first, but I saw similar items on the KHB Photografix web site that named them as counterbalance springs - perhaps those are the "balance springs" that you noted were missing in the photos that I posted...?
Though I'm lacking the round receiver for the base that you mentioned, KHB lists some "rim clenching clamps" (KHB part number 9-112-0054#) meant to clamp the column base to the baseboard. I think these might be workable (also easy to jimmy), and necessary, as the column base on the enlarger I'm looking at doesn't have a flange wide enough to house bolts adequate to anchor the enlarger.
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