Jorge Gasteazoro wrote:


Ah Donald, you unbeleiver...:-)) You can fill the longer container in
the light and then just load the film if you have a stand to hold the
containers. Is what I do when I want to do this too...of course the
welding rod tubes are longer than the film, this might be a spilling
problem with the 4x5 tubes made by the VC store. OTOH, I dont think
anybody is saying your idea is bad, just not practical for those of us
with 10 thumbs...:-))

Hmm. Okay, maybe it would work for stand development -- if I'm reading
this right, you're suggesting filling the tube(s) with dev, then turning
off the light and individually putting the film sheets into the full
tubes. I see that, including getting the film out of the holders, as
likely to put ten or fifteen minutes between the first sheet and the
last going into the soup. Probably still okay if your dev time is at
least ninety minutes...

And still completely impractical if you load in a changing bag. Thanks,
but no liquids in my bag, please...

We all use the methods that fit our needs and abilities. I don't find
it at all hard to fabricate these tubes (the hardest part was cutting
the ABS sheet, because my bandsaw was in storage at the time), but doing
the necessary carpentry and whatnot to make a bathroom into a darkroom
takes me months of preparation, not to mention costing my hobby budget
for most of those months (yep, that means buying no film for quite some
time -- not a good thing).

If, OTOH, you have a genuine darkroom, but don't trust yourself with a
saw or power drill, then by all means stick with BTZS or welding rod tubes.

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