Just an off-beat thought. I notice that the cost of used Jobo Mistral film dryers is astronomical - several hundred dollars for even broken ones listed (for parts). I don't think Jobo makes new ones unless I missed something. Less expensive options exist- Prinz dryers are just like the Jobo head and plastic cabinet style. The Prinz dryers typically sell for around $100 each used on eBay.
Today I have a salad spinner in which a few revs throws most of the wetness off the reel and film before the film goes into the Prinz drying cabinet. I rigged the Prinz dryer up inside a portable clothing closer for double protection and sealed the open bottom of the cabinet with 5" foam - it's a DIY solution.
So I was wondering - how difficult could it be to manufacture a Jobo or Prinz dryer head? And could there be an improved version even better than the original? So I thought, why can there be a similar film dryer that creates ionizing air as I have in my anti-static air blower like this one (
https://www.amazon.com/YUCHENGTECH-Ionizing-Discharge-Eliminator-Anti-Static/dp/B01IAV3GHO). I'm imagining something like that which also has a heating element, a filter, and a timer as the film drying head along with the cabinet. Would such a rig provide a film drying head with the function of the Jobo/Prinz plus anti-static?
I'm wondering if I can combine my Prinz head and an anti-static ionizer in a DIY cabinet. I'd have to add a filter over the ionizer fan of course, and the cabinet can be a modified portable clothing closet readily available from home stores or some other DIY cabinet.
Would combining the two provide any value/improvement? If it did then I'd wish someone would manufacture something like it, but don't know if there's enough of a market to make it worthwhile, but it could still be built as a DIY cabinet too with both units I would think.
Regards,
Mike