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Subject: [Leica] My first self-developed roll in 9 years
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:11:22 +1030
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I agree entirely.  If you want to use metal reels and you are having
trouble with the ones you have, get some Hewes reels.  They are
absolutely the best.

Marty

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Mike Durling <durling at cox.net> wrote:
> 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/
>>>
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>>> ?for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
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In reply to: Message from amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak) ([Leica] My first self-developed roll in 9 years)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] My first self-developed roll in 9 years)
Message from durling at cox.net (Mike Durling) ([Leica] My first self-developed roll in 9 years)