Omega alignment

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Does anyone have experience using the Omega alignment tool or the alignment tool sold by Versalab? Which is most accurate, easy to use?

-- Bruce MacDougall (camelot@net1plus.com), May 09, 2002

Answers

I have the Versalab Parallel. Very easy to use and most likely more accurate than I'll ever need it to be.

-- John Hicks (jhicks31@bellsouth.net), May 10, 2002.

The Omega tool works ok. The Versalab device is better and pricier- and more accurate than the Omega designers ever dreamed of. Be prepared to shim up your enlarger .

-- Mark Sampson (MSampson45@aol.com), May 10, 2002.

I use two mirrors. I scratched a small circle in the coating on one. This goes in the negative stage. The second one goes across the bottom of the lens or on the easel. This creates a barber-shop effect. Not as accurate as the Versalab, but a lot cheaper! I had a harder time figuring out where to put the shims and how to modify the C760 to make it more adjustable.

-- Dave Mueller (dmueller@bellatlantic.net), May 10, 2002.

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