Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Back in the 60's, I made one of these. Probably used a 40 watt bulb. Anyway, it worked rather well. But regardless of what bulb used, my film is not dripping wet when I hang it in my drying enclosure. In reality, I finger squeegee it before actually hanging it in the enclosure because the film is close together and I don't want to disturb previous residents. This jury rig dryer DOES work very well. And the film stays clean. I put some foam over the air inlet holes at the bottom as a filter. No re-thinking necessary. I made it while at Brooks Institute as I had a darkroom in the boarding house where I lived. Jim At 10:29 PM 1/29/01 -0500, Austin Franklin wrote: >> A 100 watt light bulb inside at the bottom will supply ample heat for >> drying film at a reasonable speed. > >Yeeek! One drop of water on a 100W light bulb that's up to heat, and it'll >probably crack! Also, water dripping around the bulb into the socket will >probably cause some problems too... Unless I'm missing what you're >suggesting, I'd suggest re-thinking that one. >