Hi! I am not sure if I hadn't asked this already, if so - sorry.
I want to build a darkroom print processor, similar to NOVA ones - basically an
aquarium divided into slots, each one with drain. The first slot is transparent
and is for developer, second stopbath, third hypo, fourth wash (perhaps fifth
for final wash, or when toning). this machine would greatly save space in my
cramped darkroom and prolong the life of chemicals as well, and hypo won't
splash all over the place as it does now <g>.
The commercially made ones are VERY expensive, and I like DIY.
So, anybody built one? I would like to know some tips!
Or, if anybody has bought a commercial one (NOVA or similar), could you send me
pictures of the details of it? There are some issues I don't know how to
address in building it, like what about print sticking to the plastic slot wall?
(I don't know where I could get the "wavy" plastic or glass in big enough
sheets. I want to make it at least for 30x45cm prints, maybe even 50x60cm
prints. How to hold the print easily to be able to rock it around? And many
more issues which will come out surely when I start the construction. Like how
to glue it to avoid the acids eating the glue or reacting with it :) etc...
Any help is welcome! OTOH, if any list member is inspired by this to make his
own, the better! More heads together, more knowledge, as we say.
Frantisek
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