[pure-silver] Re: Building sink again
- From: "EJ Neilsen" <ej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:23:00 -0600
Mark, I have a 16 foot long sink made out of ½ marine ply wood with an epoxy
paint. The depth is 9 inches in front and sides and 20 inches in back. I
have a tempered line with 4 values and one cold and one hot line. I only
have the one drain line, but do with I?d put in another and sometimes think
about just adding one for the direct chemical dump to help keep the tray
bottoms a little cleaner. My washer sits outside of the sink. It is wide
enough to hold a 30x40 tray or about 37?. It can easily handle a for run of
20x24 trays with holding and hypo clean all in the same set up; a total of 7
trays.
The seam of the sink is just a lap joint and the sides were set in channels
for an interlocking set up. The base is made of some 2x4 and some 1x4. It
has been working fine for 8 years, but I could put a fresh coat on as some
wear is starting to show.
Eric Neilsen Photography
4101 Commerce Street
Suite 9
Dallas, TX 75226
http://e.neilsen.home.att.net
http://ericneilsenphotography.com
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[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Blackwell
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 3:16 PM
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Building sink again
Well finally construction of my darkroom sink is about to begin. I think I
have a handle on all the plumbing and drain issues with flexible hose being
used to get the drain around a washer with a couple of plan B's if there is
trouble.
One thing I haven't figured out just yet is how deep is really best?? Too
deep and it might be akward to work in, but too shallow is just a big mess
waiting to happen and like history it would just be repeated every time you
use the darkroom.
Also I plan on painting it. Natural finish in the room would be out of
place. Now sealing the plywood now likely is a fiberglass project on top of
the regular plywood to keep it sealed against the water both for long life
and no leaks. Maybe there are better ways to seal it using paint and Id
welcome those ideas.
It should be big enough for at least 3 16x20 trays and I am hoping to be
able to build a print washer in the space that's left that can be place in
when needed and removed and stored when not needed that would fit over the
drain at one end. Any ideas on how to do that would also be welcome.
One other thought hit me. Though there will be a slight slope toward one
end for the drain, anyone ever put more than one drain in it and would that
be of an advantage or just wasted time and effort. My gut tells me one
would be plenty.
Also plan on taking the suggestion of covering the top of the plywood with
another piece of wood that I will use a round over bit on for comfort and it
would provide extra protection from water getting to the weakest spot of the
plywood.
Also I am looking for some kind of in line themometer that I can plumb into
the system. I am guessing that if I don't I will regret it later, though I
have worked without it for years.
Thanks in advance for all the help past and present. Id welcome any and all
suggestions and things you would have done differently if you had to do it
over again with what you know now.
Mark
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