portable drop weight

I just began rolling film not that long ago and I first tried it without anything for a weight. I know it has been said to use a broom handle or something on here. I found my best solution and it fits in my tool box nicely. I got a 4 foot piece of 1/2 CPVC water pipe and 2 - 1/2" couplers. I cut the pipe into 2 pieces. One is 24" and the other 2 are 12". If I need a longer than 24" piece I can add one or both of the 12" pieces via the couplers and it makes for a great weight. Without the couplers the pipe is a perfect fit into the Johnson's Pre-cut program rolls......

So, Easily Portable Drop Weight with a couple dollars worth of CPVC pipe.....

Or you can go buy those wooden painter's extension handles that screw into each other making a wooden pole as long as you need and all the peices are only about 12 inches each.

i dont use anyhting. i was taught to roll it very tite to the size of a nickle. then just drop it and it unrolls it self all the way. or just unroll it right out the box.

I use the long plastic "handle" that comes when you buy a stick of yellow turbo.

Yer KILLIN' me!!!

I know, I know, old thread but I just spotted it on the front page and I just was wondering....


wouldnt that be 3 pieces?

um....ok.....so I make 2 cuts then??