[hirudin8k]

You can also get brown glass bottles that are coated in chemical resistant polymer. It won’t be enough the store the bromine if the bottle breaks, but it’d give you a good 24 hours to get a replacement:

http://www.calpaclab.com/catalog/Plastic_Coated_Amber_Glass_Bottles-580-1.html

-J

[hirudin8k]

ALL SOLD to Andy Stockton. He and his wife came by the storage locker in L.A. to collect my wares. Final tally included:

1 x 8″x10″ fuzzy logic controlled mercury bath with thermocouple and controller

1 x outdoor light tight fume box for housing mercury bath and accessories and ducting for ‘in-the-field’ developing.

2 x full plate Eugene Galasso fuming boxes

2 x fine velvet buffing sticks and oak box for storing them

2 x 6″ buffing machines with built-in filter,

1 x 1500W inverter to power to mercury bath in the field

8 x mahogany plate boxes (each holds 25 4″x5″ plates) and approx 100 4″x5″ cut copper plates

1 x DeWalt router and complete router table for making dove tailed boxes with accessories

1 x blower for mercury bath

1 x blower in housing (to be used for venting work area when buffing with rouge and lamp-black)

2 x palm sanders converted for use with polishing aluminas

1 x 6″ f2.8 lens (no shutter) in a sinar plate.

and some sundries including plate holders, polishing aluminas, darkroom light tight vents, spindles and 2 cotton rag buffing discs, router bits, etc

Good luck Andy, hope to see some great images. Stick with it!

-Jesse-

[hirudin8k]

The heating element, which is a flexible heating wire, is attached to the body of the mercury bath with a high-heat potting compound that has begun to fall apart. You would need to repair this. The mercury bath was designed to be portable for developing in the field (I used to carry it around on the roof of my car in a modified car top box) and is contained in it’s own light-tight glove box. Note: the design of the light-tight box was not optimal for air flow and a couple of simple mods would be required to make it work nicely. It is all very heavy and cannot be shipped.

The fuming boxes are Eugene Galasso originals, fit whole plate dags. Bought new in 1996. One box has had a crack in the wooden plate holder which was repaired and never affected function.

Again, this is something where I’m willing to let this all go for a song to a responsible modern daguerreotypist, but local pickup only. That way, the buyer can check it all out and can drive off with the equipment. Particularly for the mercury bath, I want to vet the new owner because this is serious stuff. I can’t get to the storage locker for a week or two, but when I can I’ll post some pics.

-J

[hirudin8k]

I absolutely want to sell the plate boxes! I want to sell everything!!

I made them for 4″x5″ plates. Each plate box is made out of mahogany and velvet lined, fits 25 plates and I think I have about 100 odd unfinished copper plates stored in 4 of them, though I’d have to check. I used them to transport the plates and also to send them back and forth to the platers.

Are you in the L.A. area? If so we could arrange a time to meet up.

Thanks!

-Jesse

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