Durst L1840 Enlarger 8x10 10x10--Everything you wanted to know...

[Andrea Gazzoni]

restoring the two Nega 205 carriers includes paint retouching and overall velvet/felt replacement up to the small tabs that touch the glass

[Andrea Gazzoni]

had to renew the felt on the handles, hairdryer and acetone helped removing the old adhesive

[Tin Can]

Very nice!

[Christopher Nisperos]

had to renew the felt on the handles, hairdryer and acetone helped removing the old adhesive

Bravo, Andrea!

[LFPete]

Nice jobe restoring it.

Is the nega 205 a 10 x 10 format? Is it the housing that accepts the negative carrier, or is it the negative carrier itself? Does it have glass in it? Does it work with the Laraneg housing or is it something else entirely?

restoring the two Nega 205 carriers includes paint retouching and overall velvet/felt replacement up to the small tabs that touch the glass

[Andrea Gazzoni]

what you see is the carrier itself. it takes a sandwich of two sheets of glass 253mm square x 3mm thick. the glass is simply put over the silver rim, then the four small pods and their spring frame help keeping it pressed once inserted in the enlarger. I think this has nothing in common with the Laraneg, which should be less primitive

[LFPete]

Thanks Andrea, Can you describe how the nega 205 fits on the Durst 184? Or show pics? Is this a generation preceeding the Laraneg? My Laraneg is sort of incomplete & slightly broken; so perhaps if I could purchase a nega 205 and attach it to my 184, then I'd have a working negative carrier system.

what you see is the carrier itself. it takes a sandwich of two sheets of glass 253mm square x 3mm thick. the glass is simply put over the silver rim, then the four small pods and their spring frame help keeping it pressed once inserted in the enlarger. I think this has nothing in common with the Laraneg, which should be less primitive

[Andrea Gazzoni]

it slides in place until the two pegs under the handles engage the holes onto the chassis. here's the manual page with description

[LFPete]

Thanks! Very helpful. I've come across a couple manuals, but they are more product brochures. Can you point me to the full text manual for the 184 with all the details?

it slides in place until the two pegs under the handles engage the holes onto the chassis. here's the manual page with description

[Andrea Gazzoni]

http://www.galerie-photo.com/manuels...ing-manual.pdf