Lets See Your Darkroom

[Ben Calwell]

Cozy indeed and very workable as long as keeps the light out. What size is that sink?


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It's a five-foot sink made by Delta. I ordered it from Calumet years ago. I built the stand for it, which, for a guy like me, who wouldn't know a plumb line from a plum pudding, was a major undertaking. But, shockingly, it turned out well.

[Bill Rolph]

I thought some people here might be interested in the darkroom at my high school. The Beseler 45 on the left is mine, now taken home as I am graduating and moving to university.

IMG_20210513_095826 by Bill, on Flickr

IMG_20210513_095830 by Bill, on Flickr

IMG_20210513_095833 by Bill, on Flickr

[Tin Can]

Very nice

Congratulations!

I am sure you will be missed and an asset to your next cohort

Keep us updated

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I thought some people here might be interested in the darkroom at my high school. The Beseler 45 on the left is mine, now taken home as I am graduating and moving to university.

IMG_20210513_095826 by Bill, on Flickr

IMG_20210513_095830 by Bill, on Flickr

IMG_20210513_095833 by Bill, on Flickr

[MrFujicaman]

Okay, I thought I'd post some pictures of the last details of my darkroom.. I'd never been thrilled with the amount of air movement in the darkroom because of the light trap I had to install on the AC unit. I found these little fans at a "Bin Store" in Trenton GA. They use a Android cell phone charger for power and cost me a buck each. They've increased the air movement by quite a bit. A "Bin Store" is a place that buys Amazon returns by the pallet load and resells them.

I'd built a print dryer a while back out of scraps of wood, a blow dryer from a thrift store and cake cooling racks from Dollar Tree. This one will hold 18 8 X 10 prints. When I have time, I'm going to have wood cut for a better looking unit at Home Depot. [

[MrFujicaman]

Okay, here's shot of my film dryer. I used a metal locker from Ollie's and an old bonnet style hair dryer and a air filter for a riding mower to filter the incoming air.

[oliton]

After our move, I was left with a corner in a room.
It'll do for now. It's kind of cozy but no running water.
I thank NOVA for its vertical print processor every time.

[Scraps]

I'm currently under a darkroom reno. Photos from this thread are greatly appreciated.

[esearing]

My darkroom is tiny and can accommodate up to 11x14 trays if arranged in tiers. However I decided to print an image 12x16 for a particular space in my house so had to expand operations into the garage. This time of year the garage is the perfect temperature but cold and hot days this would not be an option though I could generally work between 68-80 degrees. The doors are not light proof either so I put a sheet of drywall at the end of the table to block direct light and kept images face down during developer > fix. The dim room light was just enough to let me see what I was doing and the graylab timer in the regular darkroom was just bright enough to follow the second hand positions. This has me thinking I could set up a wall mounted shelf that folds out of the way when not in use.

Garage Expansion Table


The actual darkroom

[Michael R]

Creative and clever solutions. I like that.

My darkroom is tiny and can accommodate up to 11x14 trays if arranged in tiers. However I decided to print an image 12x16 for a particular space in my house so had to expand operations into the garage. This time of year the garage is the perfect temperature but cold and hot days this would not be an option though I could generally work between 68-80 degrees. The doors are not light proof either so I put a sheet of drywall at the end of the table to block direct light and kept images face down during developer > fix. The dim room light was just enough to let me see what I was doing and the graylab timer in the regular darkroom was just bright enough to follow the second hand positions. This has me thinking I could set up a wall mounted shelf that folds out of the way when not in use.

Garage Expansion Table


The actual darkroom

[Brianr]

[QUOTE=Bill Rolph;1599655]I thought some people here might be interested in the darkroom at my high school. The Beseler 45 on the left is mine, now taken home as I am graduating and moving to university.

IMG_20210513_095826 by Bill, on Flickr

I didn't know the Beseler 4x5 was available on a non motorized frame?