[pure-silver] Re: Ilford RT machine

Snoopy a écrit :

Hi again :-)
yes, but only the 120V version and I am fairly sure that they do not MAKE any more.
They probably only have a couple in stock. The list price of these machines was about 10.000 Euros, on Ebay you usually get fairly good used ones for 100-200 Euros (I paid 200 for my spare one). Some on ebay are on offer for "free, if you pick it up". 

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Snoopy

Hi !
You're right. As they state "while stock last" I think they only have "New Old Stock" remaining. They advertised the same for the 500 head last year (the fall list they published). Now, I think they're gone... And you're also rigth that some times you can pick some for free. I remeber a DeVere 5x7 enlarger with dichromat head cut in two part with a machine angle grinder in order to be put in a trash. Speaking to the former lab owner, he told me that the enlarger was offered for free for more than 6 month witout ONE single call ! He kept the set of lenses for him. (They had been in a wood cabinet made to purposes in order to protect them). If you pick one machine for free, try to choose one which was in service lastly. When let sitting with chemical residue in them, rollers, and gaskets tend to deteriorate. As they are profesional machinery, replacement parts, if availlable, tend to be _really_ expensive... 
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