Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It seems that Jobo sells steel centercores and Hewes reels only in the US. They're on the American catalog but not in the British one. The part numbers are these: Jobo tank and extension: Steel Centercore# # of 35mm reels 1520 1561 1 1540 1562 4 1520+1530 1563 5 1520+1530+1530 1564 8 From the catalog picture, it can be seen that the steel centercore is thinner than the plastic one so it's not possible to substitute. Amilcar Bob Keene/Karen Shehade wrote: > Ed- > > I did NOT know this!! I'm currently using a Patterson tank, and was going > to invest in Kinderman tanks and Hewes reels! Now (hopefully) I can just > buy the reels!! Do you know any part #'s for the bigger core models? > > Bob (loves the way the patterson tank spills all over him) Keene > > > > >Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 18:50:09 +0000 > >From: Ed Buziak <ed.buziak@camera-and-darkroom.co.uk> > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: please bring me up to date > > > >Bob, > > > >You may not be aware of this, but Hewes (a British company for others who > >haven't heard of them before) have recently started manufacturing their 35mm > >and 120 reels with a slightly wider core which allows the central filler > >tube of Jobo and Paterson inversion/rotary tanks to fit snugly. I've changed > >over from plastic to the real stuff (stainless-steel) in the past few months > >and have never had a mis-load or kinked film since (or bromide streaking > >from 2-bath development) . Afficionados can wind two 35s back-to-back in > >them too! > > > >Ed Buziak / Publisher > >"Camera & Darkroom" > > > >ed.buziak@camera-and-darkroom.co.uk > > > >* Web site under construction *