Wednesday 19 September 2018

I've been building a shed/darkroom.

A neighbour moved out and the new people didn't want the deck the first guy put down. I was driving past this morning and asked the builders for the timber and largely because the guy put it down with so many screws the timber was useless for it would take more man hours than the timber was worth and by some distance. So the builders were only too delighted to deliver it too me and let me sort it out.
So the last month or so has been devoted to getting the shed up.
It took so long since I was designing on the fly and wasn't certain how much actual timber I had. Meaning I had to go back and re-do a few times.
Anyway I have a shed 14 ft by 7 ft by 8 ft at the peak, internal.  But I've yet to form a door.
There is a debate going on whether I use the off-cuts or to simply get a slab of ply and have done with it. My natural make-do-ness is winning at the moment, mostly because beyond the tar felt for the roof and a few pounds of nails (and time) it's been free on the whole.

My previous shed was erased in the storms last autumn so I needed something to store useless stuff on it's trip to the dump/recycling. But I also needed a space for my idea about developing film. It isn't a massive fuss like it was back in the day to develop film. Mostly because you needn't print, you can scan the negative.
 

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  1. You've been busy. And how nice that it's basically been a freebie.

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    1. It will be a bit raw until I paint the thing, but yes, nice it was. You see initially I wanted something to dry clothes in winter and built with that in mind. But the more I put up the more I realised I could roof it and wall it solidly in wood. I was a bit shocked truth be told.

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  2. Very cool!
    I love when things like that come together. Free is always a plus.
    I look forward to seeing how you finish it off AND to see how you use it as a dark room. Are you developing film in that new/old camera you recently got?

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    1. Yes. I priced out the cost of developing in that place I found versus buying the containers, doodads and chemicals. And the upshot is I can get the setup for the cost of six, yes 6 films developed. And I can get a cheap film reader for $40 to keep me going.
      Mostly the big problem is enlarging a print, not developing the film. It's not exactly easy but FFS I'm a grad of a university, I can fecking read, and watch Youtube :-D

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  3. Wow that is impressive. It’s really nice you could use that wood.

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    1. Yes. And as I said they was more than I had at first imagined.

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  4. I always liked darkroom stuff but by the time I got into it, digital was just starting to take over. I eventually sold my darkroom gear after moving it to the fourth place since I obtained it.

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    1. Yeah, that's the thing isn't it. The old shed was but a staging place before into the boot and off to the recycling.

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  5. Do you have water to it? I used to convert my bathroom to a darkroom and really enjoyed such work, but it’s been over 30 years since I’ve done any such work.

    www.thepulpitandthepen.com

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    1. No but I can easily rig something up. The issue here like when you were up in Michigan that active outside pipes and taps have to be lagged to high heaven otherwise they burst. But I can attach a passive tap and run a hoze from the garden tap. I will wire it for lights and plugs. Far easier to get outside lecky cable than piping.

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