Nuarc Process Camera converted to ULF enlarger.

From: John Cremati ^lt;johnjohnc@core.com>
Date: 10/02/04-05:58:04 PM Z
Message-id: <000701c4a8db$a8f74ca0$2e0cd6d8@k1t0l0>

           I was looking at my NuArc 14x18 totally manual process camera and
decided to make a 8x10 (- you could probably go up to a 16x20) enlarger !
I can not believe how easy it was to do........................This NuArc
14x18 is a very simple model process camera with almost no bells and
whistles. It is kind of lite and compact which makes it ideal for a
conversion.......... Basically it is simply turning the camera column
upside down , removing the base and copy board and hang the column on the
wall! ............. . The Lens board bracket and the film vacuum holder
bracket are reversed .. You want to do this as this will put your up an
down control wheels for both the lens board and the film plane at waist
level instead of at the ceiling... .............................
                   Then make a variable height rack to handle your vacuum
board or printing easel table . All you have to do then is to figure out
your light source ( I had a 8x10 Omega F Dicroic) ...... The column itself
is about 5 foot tall with the bellows extension being 30 inches maximum .
You could go larger to accommodate larger film, but you would have to build
a additional spacer....... The rack will be about 30 to 40 inches tall
giving you a printing height of up to 7 to 9 feet depending on how much
separation you give the top of the rack and the bottom of the
column........................ Every thing is very level, and rock solid
and fairly precise... ........ I paid $50 for the process camera they are
fairly obsolete now as the printing industry has gone digital.......... I
have seen several of them on E-Bay listed in the $400 to $500 price range
and they never sell..... If you really wanted to get slick you could buy a
second one and mount you a 30x40 vacuum board on it so you could crank it up
and down...
.. John Cremati
Received on Sat Oct 2 17:55:18 2004

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