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OK, I finally got back to this project. When I last posted, I had not removed the frosted glass from the enlarger head. Yup, I broke both of them. I tried to use the super glue for glass, but it didn’t work. In the meantime, I had purchased from e*ay a 6x9mm negative carrier and a Leica branded 35mm negative carrier. The Leica carrier has the ability to hold an entire 36 exposure strip and has two knobs for centering the individual negatives. It was not meant for the Federal enlarger. I wound up attaching it to a PVC four inch cap. I painted it non reflective black.
Now back to the broken glass. I cut two pieces of plastic milk carton to fit where the original frosted glass fit and two more pieces to fit the 6x9mm negative carrier. It appears to be a good substitute. Time will tell.
I found an old 6 image strip of B&W 35mm negative. It is in the photos just to show off the light shining through it. The images below are a mock up. I have yet to determine which of my enlarger lenses I will be able to use in order to get complete coverage of the negative images. I have 12 of them from 80-230mm, one should do the trick. So, there is an Olympus standard zoom on the E-510 in the photos.
As mentioned before in earlier posts, the camera can be moved front to rear and side to side. The enlarger head can be moved up and down with small variances of lateral movement.
