To fully utilize my 4 x 5 cameras, I acquired an old Federal photo enlarger; for a while, it occupied my Black & Decker Workmate 425, which was inconvenient when I needed that workbench. I finally got the chance to pick up some wood, and some more pocket hole screws. One birch ply 2' x 4' handi-panel, Two 8 foot 2 x 2/s, two 10 foot 1 x 4's, a bit of cutting and drilling, and voila! A convenient stand for the enlarger:
All cuts on the frame wood were mitered by hand (everything too big for the 10" bandsaw):
All assembly was done with pocket hole screws; 1-1/4" for the frame, 1" for fastening the 1/2" ply top to the frame. The lower shelf was the left-over piece, and I had to cut 1" approximately off the end of the ply to square it up, and the leftover after cutting the top just happened to fit as a lower shelf! I was going to use polyurethane walnut stain, but trying on the rear piece was reminded that pine doesn't accept stain willingly, and I don't have any pine prep for the job; I left the end as it is, and have for the moment just given the frame a coating of Johnson's wax. I need to get some birch veneer edge tape for the top, then I can give it a wax coat.
On the left side, you can just see the blackout curtain hanging outside the "darkroom;" 8 x 10 developing trays just fit on the right-hand end of the bathroom vanity counter-top.
Hope you like it,
Regards, John
All cuts on the frame wood were mitered by hand (everything too big for the 10" bandsaw):
All assembly was done with pocket hole screws; 1-1/4" for the frame, 1" for fastening the 1/2" ply top to the frame. The lower shelf was the left-over piece, and I had to cut 1" approximately off the end of the ply to square it up, and the leftover after cutting the top just happened to fit as a lower shelf! I was going to use polyurethane walnut stain, but trying on the rear piece was reminded that pine doesn't accept stain willingly, and I don't have any pine prep for the job; I left the end as it is, and have for the moment just given the frame a coating of Johnson's wax. I need to get some birch veneer edge tape for the top, then I can give it a wax coat.
On the left side, you can just see the blackout curtain hanging outside the "darkroom;" 8 x 10 developing trays just fit on the right-hand end of the bathroom vanity counter-top.
Hope you like it,
Regards, John