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Auto rocking trays
« on: February 17, 2011, 02:07:30 PM »
Because heaven forbid, we wouldn't want to burn a calorie ;))

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Re: Auto rocking trays
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2011, 02:40:40 PM »
I'm wondering if something like this might rock me to sleep at night? It would enable Jan to get a little extra sleep  ;D
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Re: Auto rocking trays
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2011, 03:55:30 PM »
I know they use something similar in the conservation department of some museums...

I also saw something like that in an old Popular Mechanics book...

Somehow, I find the power connections very "Wile E. Coyote" ... I'd be scared of touching the controls...
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Re: Auto rocking trays
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2011, 05:15:51 PM »
did that really just happen?  talk about over engineering. And the noise!  That would drown out my radio 4 afternoon play.
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Re: Auto rocking trays
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2011, 09:30:11 PM »
That's pretty much what this version would do...

The early ones I saw in the old Pop Mechanics were using vacuum powered windshield wiper motors with a faucet vacuum attachment... these were the really old days!

Somehow, I would have done things a lot differently to avoid putting unneeded stress on the motor.
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Re: Auto rocking trays
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2011, 12:29:22 AM »
Has it ever been created something to agitate the developing tank?
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Re: Auto rocking trays
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2011, 03:32:00 AM »
Well I suppose with Jobos and Drum rollers, it wouldn't be as 'original', sapata... although it would be nice to have something that did a more sporadic and gentle invert so that I could go eat cookies while making fantabulous negatives.  Everybody wins! :)
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Re: Auto rocking trays
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2011, 02:21:24 PM »
That's got "wet floor" and "possible electrocution risk" written all over it if I got involved.

Some people (speaking mainly for myself) are just better off using the manual version.  ;D
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Re: Auto rocking trays
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2011, 06:13:39 PM »
Quote from: sapata on February 18, 2011, 12:29:22 AM
Has it ever been created something to agitate the developing tank?
Well, there was also the Patterson Orbital Processor... which I tried imitating using an old record player. The wood disk has some rubber bumpers to keep the tank at an angle. The multiple holes are to prevent the tank from flying off the High quality "made in the UK" precision turntable...

I should add this was an early college build... ugly but working.

I never tried it for developing though... but it fixes good though.
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Re: Auto rocking trays
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2011, 12:48:02 AM »
Francois, you're brilliant!

Now, there must be a way of playing a record as well while the tank spins...  ;D
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Re: Auto rocking trays
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2011, 02:44:44 PM »
Fantastic Francois! Hahaha!
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Re: Auto rocking trays
« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2011, 03:04:36 PM »
Quote from: sapata on February 19, 2011, 12:48:02 AM
Francois, you're brilliant!

Now, there must be a way of playing a record as well while the tank spins...  ;D
Not anymore... I ripped the arm off...
But it does dance like crazy when I put it on 78rpm :)
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