Tray heaters anyone? Or how to hot lith.

[CGW]

This is probably a bit too much lateral thinking but I'm slowly putting together one of these for temp control for b&w developing. Sort of steampunk take on half a JOBO:

http://seattlefoodgeek.com/2010/02/d...-for-about-75/

[Thomas Bertilsson]

Bought this two years ago and works fine with 11x14 trays. At the minimum setting, keeps lith developer at about 100 degrees, which is what I use. http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-CWT-...21302875&sr=8-

Can you put a 16x20 on that puppy?

[olleorama]

This is probably a bit too much lateral thinking but I'm slowly putting together one of these for temp control for b&w developing. Sort of steampunk take on half a JOBO:

http://seattlefoodgeek.com/2010/02/d...-for-about-75/

I have done exactly this for c41 processing by hand. If you search my posts you will maybe find it. I list cheap components too. I used a imersion cup heater as heating element. I made my thing for less than $50.

edit: I see now that that site also does it, and they did it before me! Hey! whaddayaknow, somebody thinks the same way I do.

[Mike Wilde]

I spent all day Sunday getting caaght up on a backlog of at least three months woth film processing.
Funny how home renos can slow down what is really important in a photographers life

I had the radio on and tuned to CBC, and spent an hour listening to people talking up sous-vide cooking.
At the time, I was working away on C-41, and was fishing chems out of the tempering water bath.

My regular tempering bath is an about 14l 'lunch box sized' cooler/esky wfitted with a modified aquqrium heater and aquarium circulation pump.

I was thinking that all it would need to turn it into a sous-vide rig would be to wind the thermostat a bit higher.
I don't think I would show the dinner party guests how thier mean was prepared though.
By now the cooler is slime and spilled chemicals stained beyond any desired food storage use.