I have spoken with Thomas. We arranged a sale of 33 safelights for China, and then it hit me that we could become a distributor for them. The supplier of their sheet metal bailed out on them and they are in the process of finding another. At some point, we will have the safelights for sale, along with spare bulbs.
When I bought my safelight and started using it in 1981, I bought a spare bulb. There could be little worse in the darkroom then being in the middle of a printing session and having your safelight go out and being unable to replace the bulb. So far, after 28 years of heavy usage, the original bulb is still working just fine.
Michael A. Smith
Michael, That's GREAT to hear that Thomas is going to start making lights again. I have one, and one remaining extra bulb, but always wondered what would happen when one day that last spare bulb finally died. Thanks for the news, Bob Younger -----Original Message----- From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael A. Smith and Paula Chamlee Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 2:48 PM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: safe light issues I use a Thomas safelight. not only is it bright enough to read by (even when the vanes are turned down low for enlarging paper, but there is zero eye adjustment time when the lights are turned on or off. At the moment you will need to find a used one, as Thomas is not manufacturing them at the moment. They will be doing so in the near future. Michael A. Smith =============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.
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