Enlarger Bellows Rebuild - modern tricks?

Re: Enlarger Bellows Rebuild - modern tricks?

> ... gaffer tape ... it's not like it used to be ...

"Gaffer Tape" (tm) is no longer.

I haven't tried these, but it's probably the best that
can be done.

* w w w .filmtools . com / -- search for >> gaffer <<

Things are not what they used to be, and they never were.

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Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
Darkroom Automation: F-Stop Timers, Enlarging Meters
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Re: Enlarger Bellows Rebuild - modern tricks?

"Nicholas O. Lindan" <see@sig . com > wrote in message
news:jNmdnbrDd50YyJLVnZ2dnUVZ_h-vnZ2d@earthlink . com ...
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> * w w w .filmtools . com / -- search for >> gaffer <<

Whoa! A new toy store! Thanks. I'll try their 2" tape. Just right for little
jobs.

Lookie here: * w w w .filmtools . com /dkzdse10moba.html

:) Wonder if that would work for a custom-made 10x10" enlarging light box?
Or should I start to use up the cases of Mazda 75 flashbulbs?

Getting goofy. End of work day.
'nite

Re: Enlarger Bellows Rebuild - modern tricks?

Pico wrote:
> (. . .) I haven't found any that was the same as the stuff we used in the
> early Seventies. This is not a case of selective memory. The original stuff
> could be folded over on itself into a small square and stuck in the pocket
> for odd emergencies outside of work. It unfolded nicely without leaving
> residue in itself and would work again. (. . .)

Sounds like what others of us in the same era referred to as "racing tape",
suitable for body work, patching an exhaust manifold, or (rolled up) a
(non-functioning) substitute for a spark plug. :-)