I am new to pinhole and spend a lot of time looking at the web for
portfolios of different artists, this one really knocked me out.
http://www.marthacasanave.com/cp.html
I'm new here and having a great time... made my own pinhole (aluminum, 600
grit: flat on front side, concave on back) and took some pics with my 35mm.
Putting it on a friends medium format soon! Should have some examples on my
webpages ( I will post the address when I add them) Thanks for all the
I made huge sinks for a project at work. Four of them each 3 ft wide and 11
ft long, 6 inches deep.
The have been used for 3 or 4 years without any leaking.
I made the sinks out of plywood, but lined them with 1/8 inch PVC sheet
plastic. I had the plastic formed
at a shop to a U shape to
A few thoughts:
There are at least half a dozen good ways to build a darkroom sink.
You say 22 inches. If you are intending to use 16x20 inch trays, make sure
you measure them as your 22 inches seems tight!
I build mine out of high grade plywood and two part epoxy paint. The sides
(not plywood)
HI Greg,
I just read Joe Rollins' excellent suggestion on using cypress, this
one might help on construction techniques:
Check Build Your Own Home Darkroom by Lista Duren and Will McDonald.
It has a couple of pages of simple, clear instructions on building
wooden duckboards, the strainers for
Joe,
Welcome to the group. Please congratulate your son and all success to
him! And good luck on the house project.
Tom
- Original Message -
From: Joe Rollins jroll...@starband.net
To: Pinhole-Discussion@p at ???
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 10:26 PM
Subject:
Hi:
Dektol can be tamed by diluting. Some pinholers use high contrast film
and process it in hightly diluted dektol to cut down contrast. 1-10
upto 1-30. could alse try adding baking powder which lowers the pH which
will give lower contrast
Gord
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Beau Schwarz wrote:
Hi!
I would use cypress in a darkroom sink, it will swell and almost seal
itself, and red (sinker) cypress will not rot. As for construction, I can't
make any suggestions.
I asked a question on human subjects the other day, and I suppose I should
have introduced myself to the group.
I am Joe Rollins,
