Beseler 45V-XL 3 Lens Turret Wobble - Anyone Have Experience Fixing?

[LabRat]

With anything mechanical, you have to track down the point of wobble or misalignment... It could be wear, bad design, assemblies improperly held together, bad fittings/fasteners etc, but usually traceable to one point that needs care... Metal to metal is usually joined with something that allows the required movement, but that has gone bad (like worn or disintegrated washers, flat springs, plastics etc) and detective sleuthing is needed to pin this down... When I serviced enlargers professionally, often it came down to a 5 cent or $2 solution to replace that trouble spot, or in worse cases, a new part had to be machined to be upgraded around that "birth defect" or wear...

Point is that there is a solution to your issue, just have to narrow it down to that spot...

Happy hunting!!!

Steve K

[Kerosene Hat]

With anything mechanical, you have to track down the point of wobble or misalignment... It could be wear, bad design, assemblies improperly held together, bad fittings/fasteners etc, but usually traceable to one point that needs care... Metal to metal is usually joined with something that allows the required movement, but that has gone bad (like worn or disintegrated washers, flat springs, plastics etc) and detective sleuthing is needed to pin this down... When I serviced enlargers professionally, often it came down to a 5 cent or $2 solution to replace that trouble spot, or in worse cases, a new part had to be machined to be upgraded around that "birth defect" or wear...

Point is that there is a solution to your issue, just have to narrow it down to that spot...

Happy hunting!!!

Steve K

Steve K, thank you - this is the encouragement I needed as I'm looking at new enlargers. (I also have an old 45MXRC that makes a funny-enough smell when plugged in that I was considering buying a newer chassis to park my Dichro 45S head upon). Yes, the $2 part is the way to go, or the custom machined part, if that can be done - I'm sending the turret & images off to SK Grimes for their perspective, too...I'm reminded of the Simpsons episode when Homer's foundation was sinking, and he refused the help of "Surly Joe's Foundation Repair (the only foundation shop in town", who offered a 50 cent washer, donated, to fix the issue... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MNS2dPfm0g