Suitable tank for developing 65mm 5207 film?

Mogsby

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Hi,
I have tried to use an old patterson 616 bakelite tank for developing 65mm film. I ran into a lot of problems. With some faffing about i managed to get the film on the spindle but, when it came to the prebath backing removal step it all fell over as the tank is very small and the washes do not clear the carbon backing. Any one know of a way to modify a more modern paterson tank?.
 

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Is the film 65mm wide? How/what camera are you using? If on the other hand it has been cut down to 61mm and rerolled onto 120 backing paper it should fit a current tank.
 
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Is the film 65mm wide? How/what camera are you using? If on the other hand it has been cut down to 61mm and rerolled onto 120 backing paper it should fit a current tank.
Its 65mm wide film with perfs. I have an old Kodak 616 folding camera 1930's. I use the old 616 spools and backing paper to reroll the film.
 

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There are stainless steel spools for 616 film, I have one but they are hard to find, I also have an old Bakelite tank and spool that is a real struggle to load, I hate that thing.
 
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There are stainless steel spools for 616 film, I have one but they are hard to find, I also have an old Bakelite tank and spool that is a real struggle to load, I hate that thing.
Thanks, I will had a look on flea bay, see if there's any about.
 

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There are stainless steel spools for 616 film, I have one but they are hard to find, I also have an old Bakelite tank and spool that is a real struggle to load, I hate that thing.
Genuine 616 is 70mm wide so that won't work either for 65mm film.
 
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Genuine 616 is 70mm wide so that won't work either for 65mm film.
Hi DarkroomMike,
I had a look at the youtube link and have come up with an idea, not tested it yet though.
I found an old spool that I converted to take APS film (see pics). I used the collar as a spacer, that keeps the bottom reel in place, then I wound some masking tape around the spindle to help keep the top reel in place. Its not perfect but the film does seem to stay in the grooves when its in the tank, yet to test that with the wild agitation that is needed to remove the remjet backing.
 

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