Re: 5X7 developing tank, was Re: moral dilemma & welcome to wallmart OT

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From: "Sandy King" <sanking@clemson.edu>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 7:33 PM
Subject: 5X7 developing tank, was Re: moral dilemma &
welcome to wallmart OT

> This may be a bit off topic but not much more than the
Walmart thread I think.
>
> Anyway, I am looking for one of the old fashioned rubber
5X7
> developing tanks, of the kind that takes film on hangers.
I suspect
> that most of these tanks have been thrown away by now, but
if anyone
> knows of a source for a nice clean one with a few hangers
please let
> me know.
>
> Sandy King
>
  If you are going to use these tanks you will need several,
one for each solution and something to wash the film in.
They should be plentiful on the used market. I think you
will find mostly the 8x10 tanks. The large ones take 3-1/2
gallons of solution but there are smaller tanks. There are
film hangers for hanging 5x7 or four 4x5s in an 8x10 tank.
  There was also a daylight 5x7 processor made by Morse
Instrument Co., which occasionally shows up on eBay. This is
a rig that holds several regular tank type hangers in a box
with a light trap at the bottom Its put into regular tanks
and agitated by lifting out and draining, the same as
hangers on a rack. They were made for the military so are
very stongly built. I have not seen one in a while.
   Note that you will find a regular tank system easier to
work with if you have racks for the hangers.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@ix.netcom.com