Fwd: Developing tanks for LARGE 70 mm. reels

[PeteScherm@xxxxxxx]

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• From: PeteScherm@xxxxxxx
• Subject: Developing tanks for LARGE 70 mm. reels
• Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 16:24:48 EDT

I understand that the standard Jobo, et al, 70 mm. reels are about 5" in 
diameter.  The low-cost plastic reels that George Ling and I (and, I'd guess, 
many others) are over 6" in diameter.  My first thought was the smaller spun 
stainless steel "stock pots" which, in the U.S., are quite inexpensive.  I 
haven't actually looked for a small enough one yet, but my problems will be 
two-fold, i.e., agitation and light exclusion.  
I'd rather not do all of the processing in the dark, if possible.

Has anyone come-up with clever ways to deal with these problems?  Also, I 
guess that the drying of the 10 to 15 foot lengths of film was be most easily 
done with one of those open-type rotating racks used for processing movie 
film?

Pete Schermerhorn in the Berkshires

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