Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Re: Valoy's > My old Valoy and Focomat use standard 1.25 or 32mm tubing for the upright. >>Have you by any chance fitted a larger column - either the Leica one or a >>home made one - to yr Valoy II? I wonder how best to get bigger prints >>with mine - 11x14 or 12x16 seem the upper limit. It also seems to me that >>the head is too close to the column to raise much higher without the image >>projecting on to the column?? This was my thinking exactly. The head and column arrangement is too tight to go larger than 12 x 16. I recall some corospondance with a LUG'er who put an extended column from a Focomat I on a Valoy and the max print size was 14x18 or thereabouts. A good machinist could make a extension that would bring the head out an additional 6 or more inches - that, combined with the extended column, should do it. I did some work in a rental space last night and I had a terrible time making a 16 x 20. The only easle available was a 20x24, and the damn thing jammed up against the enlarger column. The largest print I could manage was 14 x 18. Not what I wanted at all. I've got to get my own space soon. Argh ! Regards William - -- William Gower Toronto, Ontario, Canada. w.gower@home.com photo's at: http://www.interlog.com/~marceau/ - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mail2Web - Check your email from the web at http://www.mail2web.com/ .