I loved the Patterson tanks. I could load those suckers in a flash but after
much use the reels did need to be replaced.
One occasion a friend dropped and stepped on a plastic shaft that holds reels
in the tank. I called Patterson and spoke to some guy who said, "Oh, we gotta a
bunch a those hangin around here. I'll mail you one." I got it gratis in two
days. It was one of those great customer service stories you hear about too
rarely.
David Baumbach
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On Dec 22, 2017, at 6:33 AM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I use Paterson plastic tanks and reels for roll film and a dedicated swedish
plastic film sheets and glass plates tank for the 6,5x9cm film sheets.
Sometimes I had problems similar to Jan's problem respecting the tank
recommended liquid volume and then I always add something else, I never had
the problem again. Paterson reels have two little balls to help folm loading,
they are very practical. Balls jams sometimes, it rarely happens and it's not
a serious problem to me.-
Carlos.
2017-12-21 21:01 GMT-03:00 `Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Yep me too. I forgot what Kodak called these tanks but they didn't have
spools, one just wound the film up in the corrugated plastic. Kodak made
some odd and interesting gear. Some junk but most worked and was cheap.
Most kinds of adhesive tapes will do this, Triboelectric effect. Some
brighter than others but even plain Scotch tape does it. Never heard of it
fogging anything.
I did try color at home. Ansco Color or maybe it was Anscochrome.
Reversal film. Came out fairly well but was too expensive to use routinely.
On 12/21/2017 1:51 PM, Don Williams wrote:
At 03:17 PM 12/21/2017, you wrote:
The lids were also custom. If you get a box of miscelaneous parts you
can often mix and match to find lids and cap that won't leak. Probably a
good machinist would know how to stretch/shrink the parts so they fit.
My lid still fits, just no cap. I remember that I learned to load two
rolls of 120 (Back to back, no scratches) and it always worked fine.
I think in the Microdol days, never tried color at home.
I once had some sort of Kodak plastic tank that included a "roll" of
plastic with fluted edges, intended to simply touch the edges of the film.
Serious junk!
How many folks remember the flash of light caused by removing some sort of
paper from film, in the dark? I forgot the details but remember the flash.
DAW~
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Richard Knoppow
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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