How about a 17 Qt divided bucket? Some good containers on USPlastics site if you look around. It's also the only place I found that carried a drain vavle (drum tap) to replace the broken one on my Jobo CPA-2.
How about a 17 Qt divided bucket? Some good containers on USPlastics site if you look around. It's also the only place I found that carried a drain vavle (drum tap) to replace the broken one on my Jobo CPA-2.
I just bought some PVC at a local plastics store, enough to build two 1-gallon tanks.
Total cost, including cutting pieces to size, bonding glue, and taxes, was roughly $55.
I'll let you know how it works out.
I did divided 3 1/2 gallon Kodak rubber tank by myself and cost me just a few bucks.
I got a piece of 1/4" thick plastic (Acrylic) board from my local Acrylic sign shop where they sell their scarps by weights, if not free. After cutting to the size,I glued them by contact cement and sealed with silicon seals. I make a 2400cc slot for developing which good for 4 8X10 hangers.I drain the developer by siphoning out and cleaned that with a turkey baster.
I think you can do the same on you stainless tank and use epoxy instead of contact cement.
Well, that was easy.
I built two 1-gallon tanks out of 1/8" PVC in less than an hour.
The PVC cement bonds in a few seconds, and the tanks look perfect.
I further sealed all the seams with Plumber's Goop, which takes 24hrs to cure.
That's that, and all for $55.
Ari,
Great work,
Do you think you will need to add a small gusset or stiffening ring so to speak around the middle to keep it from loosing its shape or breaking over time?
Richard,
did you need to add a stiffener around your tanks?
Morie,
I am pretty sure you could add 2 small drains that would do the trick, if Ari's plan works out and the tanks hold, I will go that route, it will save .75 gallons of chemistry each side.
Allen, it feels pretty solid, but I'll let you know tomorrow.
Meantime, I sent you the specs by email.
Also, by my calculations, I can accommodate six hangers in this tank, and it uses slightly less than one gallon, 3,6L to be exact.
The only tanks I've made were 3 1/2 gallon from 3/16 inch PVC and they were plenty rigid without any additional reinforcement.
Regarding the PVC tanks I built today, I couldn't wait the 24hrs for the Plumber's Goop to cure; I went ahead and processed six sheets, and everything worked very, very well.
The 1/8" PVC is strong, and holds its own; no need for a stiffening ring.
Chemical use was 3.5 litres, just under a gallon, which is far preferable to using 11 litres, or 3.5 gallons, per developing session.
Ari,
I'm glad to hear they're working well for you! PVC is really great stuff—strong and very easy to work with.
Thanks, Richard.
I will now build a house out of PVC.
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