Re: Bulbs for old-tyme enlargers?

David,

There is an outfit in Nevada (Reno, I think) called The Bulbman 
(www.bulbman.com).  Friends of mine have used them for bulbs for old 
slide projectors, and I have bought bulbs for my ancient Beseler 4 x 5 
there.  It's worth a shot.

Bob

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David Nebenzahl wrote:

> A comment by Richard K. about bulbs for Elwood enlargers prompts my 
> question: does anyone know where I can get a bulb to fit my Elwood 5x7?
>
> Don't bother suggesting the following sites:
>
> Replacement Light Bulbs (http://www.replacementlightbulbs.com/index.html)
> Don's Bulbs (http://www.donsbulbs.com/cgi-bin/r/t.pl)
>
> I've already checked them and come up empty-handed.
>
> Richard says that these enlargers took 300 to 500-watt bulbs. (I 
> believe he was referring to the 8x10 models.) This may be, but I 
> managed to find an oversize 150-watt bulb that seems to work fine; it 
> gives me enough light to focus by easily and gives reasonable exposure 
> times. I only had to scrape off the printing on the end to make it 
> work. After adjusting the up-and-downness of the bulb (the socket 
> moves within the reflector), I get very even coverage, as proven by 
> blank test prints.
>
> The bulb must be an oversize bulb (longer compared to a normal 
> household bulb), in order to put it at the upper node of the 
> elliptical reflector. (Don's Bulbs lists this enlarger as taking 
> either a PH300 (150W) or PH301 (300W), both of which are out of print.)
>
> Any help here would be much appreciated. I need to find something like 
> an old guy with a basement full of oddball light bulbs.