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  Sunday  September 11  2005    09: 40 PM

from this humble beginning a mighty darkroom will spring forth

I picked up my darkroom sink from Blaine (Thanks, Blaine!). It is a stainless steel kitchen sink from a remodel he has been working on. He also scavenged a bathroom exhaust fan. The fan is in the sink. I bought a sink drain and plastic pipe that will empty into a bucket. I need to build a frame to hold it up and some shelving. There is a cabinet making company in Freeland that has some great laminated scrap for shelves and stuff. The basement has an unfinished room that has storage and my studio on one end. This is on the other side of the wall from the unfinished room. The concrete pad extends a little beyound the wall and then it is dirt under the plastic. There are vents in the wall so I will develop film at night. Eventually I will plumb the sink and frame a room in. I don't plan to develop prints, just film. This sink is just about perfect. I pretty much have all the tanks, reels, and hangers I need but for 5x7. I still need tanks. Blaine may help me make some out of ABS. He has an ABS welding rig. Getting close.