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Darkroom

2026-03-13T01:50:22Z

Tjlentz: Clarified a picture.

== To-Do ==
* Can room be converted to darkroom (i.e any objections to the conversion)
* Verify room ventilation, power, plumbing
** Room has power and plumbing which should be adequate.
** Ventilation is unclear. There is an hvac register in the ceiling but no switch for a fan. Appears to be similar ventilation scheme as the bathroom sharing the wall. Depending on flow path, we can put a fan on the darkroom register which should provide enough ventilation.
*** I tried taking the register off to see where the duct leads, but it would not budge even after taking the screws out.
* Inspect existing enlarger, identify repairs + addtl equipment needed (Omega D3 model I think)
** Existing enlarger is in pretty good shape. Missing a few parts necessary for operations.
*** The enlarger is missing the mount for the return spring at the top of the chassis and the lifting crank which would be on the right hand side.
*** The bellows, condenser lens, and enlarger lens all look to be in good shape. I didn't see any light leaks from the bellows when I was testing everything.
* The enlarger came with two sets of negative holders (4x5 (this bad boy can do large format!!!) and 6x6 (medium format). There was also one side of a holder for 6x4.5 (medium format) which was made of cardboard. Other holders can be bought or made very easily.
* Check for and patch light leaks
** The door obviously needs some work. The easiest solution I can think of is blackout curtains on the outside of the door and making sure the fluorescent fixture right in front of the door stays off.
* Storage plan (Chemistry, paper safe, tools)
** Disposal plan for chemistry
*
*
* Design for space
** See screenshots below
*
**

== Current Plan ==

Use the "Cat bathroom" off of the CNC room as a darkroom.

Current Layout: (shown)
[[File:Current "Cat" Bathroom Layout.png|thumb]]
Realistic Layout: (Coming soon to a Wiki near you)

Ideal Layout:(Coming soon to a Wiki near you)

Darkroom

2026-03-13T01:49:32Z

Tjlentz: Added progress updates for the darkroom

== To-Do ==
* Can room be converted to darkroom (i.e any objections to the conversion)
* Verify room ventilation, power, plumbing
** Room has power and plumbing which should be adequate.
** Ventilation is unclear. There is an hvac register in the ceiling but no switch for a fan. Appears to be similar ventilation scheme as the bathroom sharing the wall. Depending on flow path, we can put a fan on the darkroom register which should provide enough ventilation.
*** I tried taking the register off to see where the duct leads, but it would not budge even after taking the screws out.
* Inspect existing enlarger, identify repairs + addtl equipment needed (Omega D3 model I think)
** Existing enlarger is in pretty good shape. Missing a few parts necessary for operations.
*** The enlarger is missing the mount for the return spring at the top of the chassis and the lifting crank which would be on the right hand side.
*** The bellows, condenser lens, and enlarger lens all look to be in good shape. I didn't see any light leaks from the bellows when I was testing everything.
* The enlarger came with two sets of negative holders (4x5 (this bad boy can do large format!!!) and 6x6 (medium format). There was also one side of a holder for 6x4.5 (medium format) which was made of cardboard. Other holders can be bought or made very easily.
* Check for and patch light leaks
** The door obviously needs some work. The easiest solution I can think of is blackout curtains on the outside of the door and making sure the fluorescent fixture right in front of the door stays off.
* Storage plan (Chemistry, paper safe, tools)
** Disposal plan for chemistry
*
*
* Design for space
** See screenshots below
*
**

== Current Plan ==

Use the "Cat bathroom" off of the CNC room as a darkroom.

Current Layout:
[[File:Current "Cat" Bathroom Layout.png|thumb]]
Realistic Layout

Ideal Layout

File:Current "Cat" Bathroom Layout.png

2026-03-13T01:46:17Z

Tjlentz:

As found layout if Cat Bathroom at PS1