Now have: Jobo tank. WTB: Broken CPE2 or similar.

[Patrick Dixon]

There was a boxed unused Jobo CPE2 on for a B-i-N of about £35 a while back. It didn't seem to hang around long.

[dave_whatever]

I've seen a few CPE2s pop up on ebay with low BIN prices over the last few months (ironically not when I wanted one ), but realistically you'd have to sit there all day with a page of ebay jobo search results open hitting the F5 key to bank on getting one. A lot of the ebay "bargains" then add on £20+ of postage, and don't come with any tanks/cylinders/washbottles, or only come with a 2800 print tank you'll never use, so can become less of a bargain.

[Adrian Brewster]

Hi All
That expensive revelation DJ, could come in handy for me if I get desperate. I am sad enough to spend all day waiting for a CPE2 to come up with a giveaway BIN price but post Tim's you tube vid, prices seem to have gone wild. I remember seeing them in boot sales going for pennies but that was long before I sold my soul to LF, wondering who would want such a heap of junk when I could take my film to the local prolab down the road and get it processed for nowt. Those were the days.
Adrian

[DJ]

A lot of the ebay "bargains" then add on £20+ of postage, and don't come with any tanks/cylinders/washbottles, or only come with a 2800 print tank you'll never use, so can become less of a bargain.

A lot do have the usual 28xx print drum and 15xx film drum. Now discovered that with the right combination of those, you can make a 2521 drum for use with 4x5, so they're not quite so useless as I previously thought.

[IanG]

No I don't have a tank - hence my non-requirement for the spiral.

Condition is fine AFAICS - it looks much the same as any other picture of a 2509 reel.

Lets see if your spiral fits my tank, then we can do something with them.

Ian

[Adrian Brewster]

Hi
Well, I bit the bullet and bought a tank and reel (with "film retention plates") from those nice people at SDS, now all I have to do is create my own DIY tempering tank and hand cranked agitation system. If anyone has any good ideas I would be grateful, the plan is to use a Nova style thermostat/heater and a small pond pump to even out the temperature and a very sensitive rcd cut out to take care of any electrical problems. There seems to have been a glut of CPE2s on ebay so hopefully the market will become saturated and the prices come down to a level that I can afford. If anyone has one with a burnt out motor, heating element etc that they want to sell cheap to someone who has boundless enthusiasm for recycling, please get in touch.
Thanks
Adrian.