Don't forget that Kienzle make both a normal and long column variant of the C252 in all versions of bench/ wall/ freestanding - and can make any column length you require - the C252 sell sheet gives overall heights (regular column bench model needs about 70" clearance, long column bench model needs about 83", freestanding regular column wants about 101", long column freestanding wants about 115"). If you are 110% sure that you'll never ever go above 20x24" off 8x10 and will only use the 240mm for that, the basic bench version will do that out of the box. If you go for that option, get as big a baseboard as possible - and get wall mounting/ tiedown hardware for the top of the column while you're at it. If you go for free standing you might want to consider the longer column-to-lens-centre option - it's one of the great flaws with many otherwise wonderful freestanding enlargers and limits their outright print size (often irritatingly so).
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