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Help, looking for elusive darkroom photo.

Shootar401

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A while back on here (or maybe another site) I came across a photo of a darkroom on a cart. If I remember correctly it was made out of wood with an enlarger on one end and about 3-4' of table space on the other for trays. It was made out of wood, had shelves or drawers underneath for storage and was on wheels.

I want to build something like that but cannot find the photo anymore, can anyone help?
 
Sorry, I haven’t seen that photo. If I were going in the direction you describe I would bear in mind the obvious that this is a wet process. Sooner or later everyone spills in a darkroom. If you haven’t, the day is right around the corner. Water, chemicals, wood, rot, warp, mold.

Rubber Maid makes a variety of rolling carts. Uline carries several. Here is one with a drawer. http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail...=73106610082&gclid=CPj_m-Tz6b0CFclDMgodRj8AiA

I keep a Jobo CPP2 on mine and wheel it in and out of the darkroom to the sink when I want to develop film. When not in use it stays in the basement out of the way in the darkroom.

Hope it helps.

John Powers
 
I have a couple of old (1930's +or-) household DIY project books that have plans for such a cart, and I think these were originally published in one of the Popular Science/Popular Mechanics sort of magazines.
Not sure where my copies are at the moment but that may give you some leads for searching.

What film formats do you work with, and what size prints do you want to make?
What kind of constraints are you dealing with in setting up a DR space?
 
Ian C said:
Enlarging table, page 186

http://books.google.com/books?id=9t...E4Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=enlarging table&f=false

The design can be expanded to include storage drawers & shelves if wanted.
Click to expand...

Wow that issue takes me back to the days of telephone party lines.



Actually had that radio (page 287), added crystals to get more channels. It was my first foray into social networks

Got a kick out of the phrase "Easy to install anywhere." It worked great, no doubt, it's transistor replacement that came years later was easier to use and smaller but couldn't match the quality of sound or ability to transceiver.

I remember, the darn thing weighed about what a nice RB kit does and was close to the size of a Domke F2 bag. I remember spending an entire morning with my dad drilling holes in and stringing wires through our Jeep to mount the radio and install the antenna.
 

My dad had a Johnson like that when I was growing up. His car had a huge non-retractable antenna that had to be put down to go under bridges and such. The base was in our kitchen. Still remember seeing the call number 40 years later: "KEY807" punched out with a DYMO label maker.
 

KEK 154 (if memory serves)
 
Microwave carts. The MDF variety tend to be wobbly but some of the wooden($$$) ones are very sturdy.
If you get/make a roll around you could use locking casters for increased stability.
 
These two photos may give you an idea on how you can use a microwave cart as an enlarger stand:
 

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