"Sex is like maths, add the bed, subtract the clothes, divide the whoo hoo and hope you don't multiply." - Leather jacket guy
In contento ed allegria
Notte e di vogliam passar!
"Sex is like maths, add the bed, subtract the clothes, divide the whoo hoo and hope you don't multiply." - Leather jacket guy
It means I have to add a step and buy large sheets of glass, and in winter I don't have a really good place to cut it. As is, I can go to the dollar store and buy cheap frames and just pull the glass. Much more convenient, and the only reason I didn't go with Chamonix 8x10 holders.
Kent in SD
In contento ed allegria
Notte e di vogliam passar!
Like you, I get my 1.5mm wet plate glass from the local dollar stores. However, I have found that there are at least a dozen different styles of frame in the 8x10 size, and every one of them is a different size. In fact, even when I buy the same frame style again and again, the odds are there will be a size difference of as much as 1/4 inch. And so, I am always prepared to cut to fit as needed.
I want to ask about washing and drying plates.
I shoot the plates, fix 'em, and put 'em in an 8x10 tray of water.
Then I bring the tray to a sink hooked to an old Kodak siphon washer, and wash 'em.
To dry, I prop up the plates against something, they rest on a paper towel.
I had thought to make a small storing/washing/drying tank from plexiglass or PVC, but there'd always be water trying to get out.
So I've been considering this friendly item: https://www.lundphotographics.com/in...ank-small.html
I can drill a hole in it to attach an inlet spout, and hook that up to my sink for washing.
In the field, it can hold 12 plates, freeing up the tray while I continue to work.
Take the rack out and dry the plates on a paper towel.
Sound good? What do you all use?
I do not like a 'new' size
Traditional plates were closely sized especially when DRY plates became dominant after 1870
and some clean off used plates for reuse, which was done a lot historically
Sizes of Photographs a rather complete data set
http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/1_early/...hy_-_sizes.htm
Tin Can
Gonna answer my own question.
I had some leftover scraps of cheap acrylic (not quality stuff), just enough to make a quick 4x5 tank.
Complicating the build is that my mitre saw is on loan to a friend who recently left on vacation
So this was cut by hand with a small circular saw. Not the best way to cut small pieces from brittle acrylic.
I wanted to be able to use this to keep just-fixed plates in water until I could wash them.
Then I thought it could also be used to wash the plates, so I attached a threaded hose connector to one end.
The result is crude but effective.
I'll find a plastic container with a lid so I can have this in the car, filled with water.
Anyway, here's the result.
For larger plates, put one of these is a plastic storage bin.
https://www.amazon.com/OXO-Good-Grip...5865665&sr=8-9
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=plastic+s...f=sr_nr_p_85_1
"Sex is like maths, add the bed, subtract the clothes, divide the whoo hoo and hope you don't multiply." - Leather jacket guy
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