Last night I tested developing with my 3005 8x10 drum in a CPA-2 with Lift, and it was quite a experience using it with the Lift.
I've never relied on the Lift arm with any of the Jobo drums, it's far too flimsy, I've always reached into the
upper trough and grabbed the end of the rails that the roller blocks are on to lift and drain.
That method works well for the 2500 series and the 3006 expert drum since the rails are longer than the drums.
I didn't want to remove the drum to drain because I wasn't sure if I'd spill chems into the tempering bath.
But the 3005 drum is longer than the rails so I had to raise the 3006 drum enough with the Lift handle, hoping the
handle wouldn't snap or bend off, to get at the rails to finish raising the drum to drain.
In the end it worked, the film developing failed tho ( not enough chems, unknown age Ektachrome ) but there has to be
a better way someone might have come up with using 3005 drums with the lift.
If you develop 8x10 in the 3005 expert drum how do you use the lift to drain the tank ?
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