Lets See Your Darkroom

[smithdoor]

This is mine it is a Midnight Oil Darkroom
Only use at the night daytime it is where my wife parts the car.
The bench is also use for other projects

Dave

[Tin Can]

And you have the automatic dust producer right there. How handy!

I do plan to add a grinder, soon!

This is mine it is a Midnight Oil Darkroom
Only use at the night daytime it is where my wife parts the car.
The bench is also use for other projects

Dave

[brucetaylor]

And you have the automatic dust producer right there. How handy!

You're funny Randy, that is the first thing my eyes went to when I opened the pic.

Dave, if that works-- more power to you, you're a better man than I.

When I was growing up my darkroom was always squeezed into an unused closet or a shared laundry room. The closet was always shedding fibers, and the dryer plus the cement floor of the laundry room were always kicking up dust and debris. Combine that with my Durst (M300 I think?) that pressed the neg between glass surfaces and it was a recipe for dust spots, always. Topping it off were my terrible spotting skills. When I finally got to build my own real darkroom my attention was focused on a big sink and NO DUST! Positive pressure ventilation, sealed floor, surgical booties-- I was a nut. But no dust. I was looking through some prints from that time (30yrs ago) and the prints are clean!

I am finishing my first darkroom in 30 years since that time and I have the same idiosyncrasies. I made my first enlarged print a couple of weeks ago and while there were other problems, there was no dust. Ahh.

[smithdoor]

Will that, is what I have to work today, and it works great. The grinder is only use for drill bits, and no wood work
I will say better than try to work in a same bathroom I have almost 400 square feet if I need it.
The down side is I have work at night it is hard to make this room light tie.

Dave

You're funny Randy, that is the first thing my eyes went to when I opened the pic.

Dave, if that works-- more power to you, you're a better man than I.

When I was growing up my darkroom was always squeezed into an unused closet or a shared laundry room. The closet was always shedding fibers, and the dryer plus the cement floor of the laundry room were always kicking up dust and debris. Combine that with my Durst (M300 I think?) that pressed the neg between glass surfaces and it was a recipe for dust spots, always. Topping it off were my terrible spotting skills. When I finally got to build my own real darkroom my attention was focused on a big sink and NO DUST! Positive pressure ventilation, sealed floor, surgical booties-- I was a nut. But no dust. I was looking through some prints from that time (30yrs ago) and the prints are clean!

I am finishing my first darkroom in 30 years since that time and I have the same idiosyncrasies. I made my first enlarged print a couple of weeks ago and while there were other problems, there was no dust. Ahh.

[ross]

Attachment 107887Attachment 107888Attachment 107889 My build is coming along, I am building the wet side at this time and hope to have things completed by summer 2014

I sure wish I had a space like that. Looks very nice!

[smithdoor]

It is only a dream for me

Dave

I sure wish I had a space like that. Looks very nice!

[Tin Can]

While my darkroom is bigger, I have to live inside it and do all things there. I will be buying hopefully my last grinder soon. I may make a bench on wheels with all the dust producers in or on it that I can roll outside to use. Cold as Hell out there right now.

This is mine it is a Midnight Oil Darkroom
Only use at the night daytime it is where my wife parts the car.
The bench is also use for other projects

Dave

[ic-racer]

In the long run the GFCI breakers are a better. The wall mounted receptacle ones don't last very long. I have had to replace most of the failed units in my home, built in 1995.

[bigdog]

In the long run the GFCI breakers are a better. The wall mounted receptacle ones don't last very long. I have had to replace most of the failed units in my home, built in 1995.

Really? I've never had to replace one. Maybe you're getting voltage spikes.

[Racer X 69]

In the long run the GFCI breakers are a better. The wall mounted receptacle ones don't last very long. I have had to replace most of the failed units in my home, built in 1995.

When I built my house 6 years ago the electrician used the GFCI breakers that mount in the mains panel. He explained that the ones that mount in the wall often trip when there is no ground fault, many times right out of the box.