Good news. The two gears and chain apparatus that couple the head's forward
and back movement were missing. I got the parts from the local tractor shop,
and installed them before noon today, Sunday. Perfect fit! Got to love made
stone-standard US industrial parts.

  I find a unopned paper film for my darkroom.  I don't have the
specification.  The paper is "Oriental Seagull n-3".  Anyone know if this is
a RC paper or a FB paper?
Miguel

sorry, it's been a long time since I read this group.  I need a book
of film and paper chemistry recipes.  I believe there was a book (out
of print) called "the Photographer's formulary".  does anyone know of
this book or a similar book???  Please email me with a reply as I

I broke down and got the Saltzman sales literature from John Craig
<http://www.craigcamera.com/>, and it is enormously helpful.
Richard K - as you mentioned, there are many models, and I saw the
camera dolly you suggested. Very interesting stuff.

I have an electric shutter. The circuit works the shutter when testing
with a simple switch, but because I know nothing about electrics, it
puzzles me.
Here is a drawing of it: http://www.digoliardi.net/electrics2.gif

I was wondering about buying a cubitainer of part A of Kodak Rapid Fixer
instead of mixing F-9 fixer all the time. But sometimes I do not use it very
fast, so perhaps I should get the smaller size.
How long does the stuff last, unmixed, in the cubitainer? I have great

Chris - you wrote that you gravity bleed your brakes. So I read up on it.
That is one head smacking solution! So it goes like this, right - make sure
there's plenty of fluid, open the bleeders and so something else for an
hour, close 'em and it's a done deal? (Catch the fluid, of ...

I hav bought some NOVA ProSpeed C41 chemistry, to develop a few films. The
enclosed leaflet gives only development times for intermittenet agitation
(5sec evvery 30 sec.), but I intend to use a JOBO CPE rotary developing
apparatus. Does anybody know how much the developing times ...

Registration punches and carriers for projection (enlarging) 8x10
and also for contact printing 8x10 and larger.
All I've found so far are very large registration punches intended for
nonphotographic printing, or some dauntingly expensive photographic systems.

Using Ilford warmtone or Forte polywarmtone FB papers with Agfa WA warmtone
dev what is the best dilution and temperature for the dev to get the warmest
tones out of the papers.
Thanks in Advance

I've just uploaded pictures from my last trip to Paris.
Enjoy!
Found also nice quotation so which depicts the spirit of the city very well:
"Every city has a sex and an age which have nothing to do with