[LargeFormat] darkroom engineering

philip.lambert largeformat@f32.net
Sat Mar 23 13:21:42 2002


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From: "Les Newcomer" <lnphoto@twmi.rr.com>
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Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] darkroom engineering


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> > From: "philip.lambert" <philip.lambert@ntlworld.com>
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> >> That's all very fine, I can follow the description.  But what I can't
work
> >> out is where the cooling water from the reactor core comes in...?
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> > You should be using carbon rods
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> Hey I like it!  I could get the carbon rods from old Eveready "nine lives"
> batteries and to put them in and take them out I could make up that derick
I
> remember seeing in the Erector set catalog-- the one that used the big No
7
> set!!  This things should be cheap now that 7-10 year old boys haven't a
> clue what they are as they are too busy hacking into NORAD.
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> What a cool idea!
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> Just Hope the NRC or the Office of Homeland Security isn't listening
>
> Les
>
I fear I have given you bum information - you ought to be using heavy water;
I used to buy it from a guy at the back door of our Dounray n.power station
but at my age it's an effort carrying it home.  My wife was wondering why I
had to go out late at night ...... Phil