Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I found it helps a lot to replace the stock Nikor reels with the good Hewes reels. They are sold under a variety of names but all say made in England. They are much easier to load. Unfortunately they are a little taller so the lid on my 2-reel tank doesn't seal very well. Still light tight, but leaks chemicals sometimes. Mike D On 1/10/12 12:01 AM, Marty Deveney wrote: > Yes, the metal lids are great and last forever. Some later metal > tanks had rubberised plastic lids that eventually fail. If you have > some of the tall metal lids that seal properly you have something that > will last forever, unless you run it over with a truck. The reels you > still need to be careful with. > > Marty > > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak<amr3 at uwm.edu> > wrote: >> On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 Marty Deveney<benedenia at gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Indeed. When I worked briefly in a darkroom in Prague, there were >>> pre-World War 2 tanks still in use. But the lids had been replaced, >>> probably several times. Do your Nikors have new lids? >>> Marty >> ============================================================================================= >> All our tanks have the original metal lids, and these old tanks have >> tapered, taller ones that I prefer to the later ones, since they don't >> get jammed and hard to remove. >> >> >> Alan >> >> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer >> UPAA POY 1978 >> University Information Technology Services >> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee >> amr3 at uwm.edu >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ >> >> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate >> for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >