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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. -- I may be a scwewy wabbit, but I'm not going to Alcatwaz! -- E. J. Fudd, 1954 Donald Qualls, aka The Silent Observer Lathe Building Pages http://silent1.home.netcom.com/HomebuiltLathe.htm Speedway 7x12 Lathe Pages http://silent1.home.netcom.com/my7x12.htm Opinions expressed are my own -- take them for what they're worth and don't expect them to be perfect. |
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