After Purchasing a Focomat 1c I commenced, in a leisurely fashion, searching for other necessary supplies when I happened upon a portable military surplus darkroom. after 2 weeks of thought and 1200 miles of travel to inspect, it sits in our side yard and I'm now in the process of commissioning this incredibly built, well maintained piece of equipment, 4500lbs. of aluminum and stainless steel with some bronze and brass tossed in for good measure. It will take me some time to figure out the systems, it came equipped with heat, AC, refer, plumbing- with ability to pull and filter water from streams or lakes, hook up to pressurized systems(what I used) or melt snow in the sink that is pumped to the water heater. print washer, film dryer, print dryer, two Omega D2V's (and a D2 that wasn't original to the unit) with a variety of lenses and a cold light(?) attachment for them,(anybody know a source for downloadable manuals for the D3?) 5 safelights (OC filter-anybody know what is safe under that filter?) numerous sizes of negative carriers, 3 timers ( 2 new in box), ss developing trays and 5 powered vents and the list goes on. (here's the schematic
http://www.tpub.com/content/photopri...225-120061.htm) as the diagram shows, there are 3 separate "rooms" made lightproof from one another via sliding doors. the enlarger in the first pic is kept company by it's twin in mirrored set up to left (which I'll probably replace w/ the Focomat) 2nd pic is looking in through the escape hatch at the covered sink which also houses the print washer and ss film developing tanks ( 9 of 'em i think)
I haven't printed much since collage 20 yrs ago, and then it wasn't much, so I'm looking forward to the learning experience it will be. Wish me luck
Gene
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