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Great scores and even better adaptation skills there Jordan!
Im a fellow scrounger out of neccesity... but it definitely has its advantages doesnt it?
Nice work
Cheers
Charlie

The "stand" that you are using is (I think) from a Polaroid MP4 copy camera. It originally carried a dual head, 4"x5" Polaroid camera, of the type that was used for document and photo copying, as well as for passport photos. A search for "copy camera" or "Polaroid MP4" on places like Craigslist or Kijiji might produce results if someone wants to find one. I just scrapped an MP4, but I kept the base and post for use as a copy camera stand for my 8"x10" Agfa, and I sold the lenses and have the bellows/racks for sale as variable focal length pinhole camera bodies. The posts are spring loaded to assist in raising whatever is mounted to them. Most "large format" enlargers are constructed on the same principle, so if you see an advert for a 4"x5" or bigger photo enlarger, it would likely serve the same function.

cheers

John

edit : I know this is an old thread, but maybe this info will be useful....

Ok....I see a run on used dental chairs. When those are all gone, I expect the car bay hydrolic lifts will be next.....and a bigger shop.
One extra with the chair still in place would be handy for my regular afternoon nap.
Very cool .
Kent

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i am constantly going to auctions around here coming back with a whole box of tools for under 10 dollars is common. i have a good collection of planes and rasps, files and all sorts of junk i don't need. they have a sale almost every Saturday morning. that's about all the scrounging i do, that and at the lumber yard