Well, the inevitable happened this evening - the arm broke off my Jobo Lift in the middle of a processing run with the big 3005 drum. Fortunately, it was during the wash phase, and the film came out fine.
I'll call OmegaSatter tomorrow to see whether they have replacement parts in stock yet as they accept the distribution handover from Jobo USA. Meanwhile, the design of this plastic part seems so inherently flawed that I have to wonder - has anyone ever tried to have a machine shop make an all-metal lift arm? Or some kind of bracket that would allow lifting the drum by grabbing the rails underneath?
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