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:

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Realistic Layout

Ideal Layout