Salvaged Beseler 23IIc enlarger!

My good friend Jeremy found this sitting on the side of the road and since it had a lens I was interested in seeing it. He was kind enough to pick it up, sit on it for probably a month and brought it over tonight. Electronics still work and has BOTH lenses which is unheard of, they are a bit mangey though. The gearing is shot to hell without a hope. I think I may make a wall sconce out of it in a way that if I ever got the notion I could use it in a darkroom. The video is shot through the massive focusing lens. I have a crazy notion to make a rig to mount that to a camera……

Iphone video through a Beseler 23IIc enlarger focusing lens.