Sid, and all, Well I stopped by Ron Baker's site and saw his tube developer. I think I have to try this before I go much farther. A four inch tube should do the trick. That would allow me to develop two strips say, three feet long, with about two liters of developer. Cost would hover right around nothing and would be very easy to construct. I had thoughts something along those lines but without the divider, but assumed something that simple couldn't possibly work. Well leave it to Ron to show the way. I saw one of the hand crank 35mm long roll tanks and was impressed. If I get into longer rolls, I have to beleive that would be the way to go. I also saw one of the Morse tanks on eBay, but they got enough for it that it would make it worhtwhile to come up with something on my own. Maybe if one comes up when I'm a little more flush. Anyway, we'll see how this goes. I still have to finish the camera, but at least I now know that one way or the other, I'll be able to get the film developed. I just bought some 70mm film, and I may try out the whole concept with my old Kodak Monitor 616 camera.
Gene Sid Washer wrote: > > I forgot to say that for shorter lengths of film, about 10-20 ft, a > hand-cranked jobbie would be much less complex than a motor-driven one, > not to mention far less expensive. The determining factor then would be > the size of the tank. Different film widths could be handled by having a > fixed bottom flange and a moveable top flange on the feed and takeup > spools so you would only have to fill the tank deep enough for the > particular film. The guide rollers, if any, would be constant and might > not even be needed. In the Morse tank they were mainly to keep reversal > film at a fixed distance from the exposure window. > I have little experience at thermoforming large sheets of acrylic but > more in forming PVC and Kydex (a PVC/acrylic alloy designed for easy > thermoforming). It's too damned labour-intensive to make only one and > making several means you have to be crazy to not make molds, probably of > wood. Ideas? bye, sid. > > _______________________________________________ > Cameramakers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
