Wallner MC 505 measuring probe wanted

Rantanplan · 2009-05-07T20:19:52+00:00

Hola, Zwar bin ich im Besitz eines Wallner mc 505, aber nicht im Besitz einer dazugehörigen Meßonde :huh: Könnte ich auch eine andere FEM Kunze oder Wall...

Rantanplan

Hi, I do own a Wallner mc 505, but I don’t have the matching measuring probe :huh: Could I adapt another FEM Kunze or Wallner measuring probe, or does anyone here have a spare one, or know where I might still find one? Thanks in advance ;)

cfb_de

Do you have a phone? Why not give Mr Kunze a ring? He’s a fair chap. Best regards, Franz

Rantanplan

But I actually still have one of those things where you speak into the bottom and there’s a speaker at the top :huh: I’ll give it a go, though I can’t imagine they’d still have spare parts in stock after all these years?

cfb_de

Actually, I do still have one of those things where you speak into the bottom and hold the top :huh: I’ll give it a go, though I can’t imagine they’d still have spare parts in stock after all these years?

If necessary, he might just make a part. In many companies in the analogue sector, that’s actually almost a matter of course. When my old automatic was being repaired, Franke&Heidecke commissioned their training workshop to reproduce a spring. Apparently. According to the repairer. Worst case scenario, you can get the circuit diagram for the original and, after a thorough visit to Müller/Reichelt/Conrad, make it yourself. Best regards, Franz

Rantanplan

I’ll just give it a go tomorrow – wish me luck I’m also still on the lookout for an affordable (within a school leaver’s budget) 9x12/4x5 enlarger, such as perhaps a Liesegang Rajah V or a Meopta Magnitaurus. Even the ‘Kauf dich Glücklich’ section looks pretty bare in that regard.... :-( Could you give me a tip; do you know anyone? I’m fed up with only ever being able to make contact prints with my proudly self-built 9x12, but I don’t have the time to build my own enlarger (though that would be an interesting project too:)

cfb_de

An Ahel 1245 (also marketed under the name Teufel) would also be an option. Best regards, Franz

DieterSchuld

Hi, I do own a Wallner mc 505, but I don’t have the matching probe :lol: Could I adapt another FEM Kunze or Wallner probe, or does anyone have a spare one, or know where I might still find one? Thanks in advance :)

Hello Rantanplan, Have you managed to get hold of a measuring probe yet? Dieter Schuld

Rantanplan

No, unfortunately not yet... And I missed out on a Liesegang Rajah V too, not for financial reasons, but because I was stuck with a 56k modem whilst travelling :lol: Do you have one? Regards, Alwin

cfb_de

No, unfortunately not yet... And I missed out on a Liesegang Rajah V too, not for financial reasons, but because I was stuck with a 56k modem whilst travelling :lol: Do you have one? Regards, Alwin

Hi Alwin, I don’t have a probe for the Wallner. But I do have something a bit more up-to-date than the Rajah (in my opinion, not really suitable for 9x12 anyway). Get in touch if you’re interested. My Ahel-1245 is just sitting here gathering dust, as I’ll soon be getting a stationary Duka with an L139. It offers: - Condenser enlarger (one lens has been replaced with a suitable Fresnel disc; the original would be available to buy in France) - Tabletop unit, portable (!) - Circuit board with M39, suitable up to 105mm - Parallelogram mechanism for enlarging small negatives without collision between mask and column - Bellows works with plates up to 105mm; that’s easily enough for 50x50 from 6x6. Recessed plates can still be bought in France today, though it’s probably cheaper to have them turned from solid stock by the local blacksmith in his apprentice workshop. - Heiland can adapt the condenser head to all sorts of things, if funds are available Teufel sold the item as a "1200". Here until 20 June, then elsewhere. Here open to offers, elsewhere subject to a minimum bid not below my purchase price. Here with base plate, elsewhere without. We could possibly discuss a 105mm. There are no lenses included, but there is a working opal lamp with something between 100 and 150W (I’m not checking right now). Best regards, Franz