From: ken watson (watsok@frii.com)
Date: 07/17/01-09:17:11 AM Z
One of the lowest cost plastic supplier's I have found is US plastics. try
www.usplastic.com
"usplastics" gets you to the wrong site.
Gordon mentions PVC in this post but if you look on their page's I think
acrylic sheets are much cheaper. They do not bend, as PVC, and need to be
cut with a saw and then edge glued. I have had a lot of luck making trays
and containers with this material.
They also have large trays that seem reasonably priced, they take credit
cards, and do not charge extreme shipping fees.
You can also get storage bottles for your chemistry and about anything else.
If you find these guys reasonably priced I would accept 50% of anyone's
savings;<)
If anyone finds a better place let me know.
..-----Original Message-----
..From: Gordon J. Holtslander [mailto:holtsg@duke.usask.ca]
..Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 2:25 PM
..To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
..Subject: Re: Darkroom sink coating?
..
..
..Hi:
..
..For work I had to make 4 large overflow trays for some flow through
..aquariums set ups. They were 11 ft long 3.5 ft wide and 6 inches deep.
..These have been used for 2 years now with no leaks. Essentially large
..shallow sinks.
..
..I used a plywood base and lined it with 1/8 inch rigid PVC sheet. This is
..the same stuff plastic drain pipes are made of. It comes in large sheet in
..a variety of thicknesses. I had a local plastics shop form the sheet into
..long U shapes (with overhangs as well). Their bender was only 8 ft long
..so I had to join two together for each sink.
..
..PVC sheet can be formed with a small heater. The plastics shop have a big
..line heater where they can heat a straight line in the plastic and bend
..the plastic where it has been heated.
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..I had them cut end pieces as well. I glued them on. The shop could have
..done this, but we were trying to save money
..
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..I drilled holes in these for drains. The drains were not flush with the
..bottom, but since these were overflow tanks they never had to be
..completely drained.
..
..A plastics shop could likely form a seat for a flush drain - though it
..would cost more. You may be able to do this with a heat gun as well.
..
..
..This plastic can also be heated up to the "bending point" with a heat gun.
..The adventurous do-it-yourselfer could buy a sheet of pvc and try to line
..their own sink - as long as its not too big.
..
..I don't need anything this big yet - I'm just using a plastic laundry
..sink.
..
..Gord
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..Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology
..holtsg@duke.usask.ca 112 Science Place
..http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of Saskatchewan
..Tel (306) 966-4433 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
..Fax (306) 966-4461 Canada S7N 5E2
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