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Subject: Re: [Leica] A Simple Rotary Processor Question
From: Amilcar de Oliveira <amilcar@domain.com.br>
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 18:31:37 -0300
References: <B6E3A5DF.22F%w.gower@home.com>

I have developed Ilford Warmtone FB on my Duolab's 11x14 rotary drum. The only
caveat is to fill the drum completely with water in order to take off the paper
after processing; then it will get unstuck from the walls. The drum's inner ribs
leave no marks or unevenness on the print.

Regards,
Amilcar

William Gower wrote:

> LUG'ers
>
> My "Darkspace" project is coming along swimmingly. I'm now the proud owner
> of Valoy, which I traded for a clunker of a 85/2 Jupiter-9 plus a 100
> dollars at a local pawn shop. A little elbow grease, some WD-40 and 10
> dollars worth of electrical parts was all that was needed to make the thing
> operational. No Focotar 50/4.5, but the baseboard is ok, and the neg carrier
> was included.
>
> My ultimate goal is to be able to process FB 11x14 prints in the smallest
> possible space. I originally wanted to be able to go as large as 16x20, but
> 11x14 will be just fine.
>
> Now - a Simple Rotary Processor Question:
>
> Is it possible to process FB B+W paper in a JOBO or similar ? I searched the
> archives, but I didn't come up with any definitive answer. Intuitively,
> there shouldn't be any reason why you can't, other than the fact that FB
> paper is much more delicate than RC paper, so, perhaps it doesn't sit
> properly in the drum.
>
> Any thoughts ?
>
> I'm not above tinkering around to find what works, but if I'm chasing a red
> herring, I'd like to know before I go buy a used drum, motor, ect.
>
> Thanks
>
> William
>
> --
> William Gower
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
> w.gower@home.com
> photos at: http://www.interlog.com/~marceau/
>
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