Tray Rack

[ChicagoMike]

Thanks guys for the answers to my ID-11 question. I'll try mixing it
and see what I get.

Next question: where can I find a tray rack to stack 8x10 trays. My
darkroom is a bit cramped and I'd like to get the trays in a less
precarious position than they already are. I've done a B&H search on
them and nothing. Calumet the same.

Any advice?

Mike

[Nicholas O. Lindan]

Try searching ebay & co. These are usually called 'tray ladders'.

Richards in the UK used to make them, but their site comes up
with nada. Strange, used to be couldn't help but be tripping over the
bloody things when in a photo store, now they are all gone.

Try a WTB ad. in rec.photo.darkroom.marketplace or try calling
around 'old-time' photo stores - the ones that haven't purged
inventory or moved location since the time of the flood.

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Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio noli...@ix.netcom.com
Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics.

"ChicagoMike"

[Pieter Litchfield]

Porter carries them
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[Louie Powell]

When I built my first darkroom 25 years ago, I had a friend make one for me
by welding some legs onto an old refrigerator rack that the previous owner
of our home left in the basement.

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[John Garand]

Try searching B&H for "tray ladder". Their last catalog lists 2 from
Leedal, but you might not like the price. You could build one from
wood and seal it really well with oil based finish. Or find a friend
who welds. Or even pay a local welding shop to make what you want -
it should be cheaper than the Leedal ladders.

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[Daniel D. Marsalone]

ChicagoMike <C...@nospam.com> wrote in message news:<3CA0EDF9...@nospam.com>...

> Next question: where can I find a tray rack to stack 8x10 trays. My

> darkroom is a bit cramped and I'd like to get the trays in a less
> precarious position than they already are. I've done a B&H search on
> them and nothing. Calumet the same.
>
> Any advice?

I needed the same thing and found a solution at a local hardware store
(I'm sure Home Depot or Lowes would have it too). They have these
rubber coated stackable wire racks in various sizes. The legs have a
little hook on the end so that you can hook it on to the lower rack
for a stable setup.

The racks that I bought are about 8" deep x 20" wide with about an 8"
leg height. They only cost about $3 or $4 each. I bridge my bathroom
sink with them with my developer and stop bath trays on the top rack
and my fixer and washing trays on the bottom rack (and I still have
room to use the sink also). The trays fit nicely on the rack with
about an inch of my 8x10 trays hanging of the front and back. The
setup is very stable and the rubber coated wire rack doesn't scratch
the countertop and really grips the trays. It has really opened up a
lot of counter space for me.

I'm sure that they have a size to fit if you just wanted to have a
"single wide" setup.

By the way these racks are similar in material and consturction to
those older wire refridgerator racks before the glass racks took over
in the ice box wars. I saw the someone already posted about how he
welded legs onto old fridge racks. This setup is similar to his but
racks are lightweight, easy to find, and premade...

Daniel

[DaveHodge]

<< tray rack >>

I built one out of plywood, and cut slots in the top and bottom pieces with a
Skil saw, and put pieces of perforated 1/8 in. masonite in the slots to be
dividers. I made one for 11x14 trays first, and later another one for 16x20
trays. They've been working for 35 years with no problem!