adjustment.  So I cut up a plastic 35mm container and used it as shims in
between the baseboard and the column.  I'm very close to perfectly aligned (but
not perfect).  Is another way to align in this direction?

My 23CII has a knurled knob directly on the front next to the red filter
bracket.  Loosening the knob allows you to swing the neg stage L or R and there
is a white line to indicate center.

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Bruce
Brooklyn, N.Y.

Mike,

 The bracket that holds the whole head to the carriage with the large steel
pin (the pivot point to tilt the head to horizontal projection) is the key
to getting left and right alignment of the negative stage.  I hat to pull
the pin and remove the head so I could modify this bracket.  What I needed
to do was to remove the bracket and enlarge the holes in the bracket to give
me a bit of room.  I just drilled them bigger, but no too big.  Don't need
that much play and you don't want to weaken the bracket by removing too much
material.

  Use good steel washers and new hardware to replace the existing screws
that hold this bracket to the carriage.  I used cap screws (the kind you use
with an allen wrench).  Made it easier to get at when everything is
reassembled.

  Now, to adjust right to left of the negative stage, loosen one (or both)
so the screws and you can twist the head a couple of degrees to get your
alignment.  I don't have to tell you to tighten the screws, but who knows
who else is reading this:~).

  One other thing, replace the plastic screw below the lens stage.  Use a
good metal screw.

Jim