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portable drop weight


lilDetails
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.....
Cuttingedge
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.
thatsnappyguy
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.
darkdan
I use the long plastic "handle" that comes when you buy a stick of yellow turbo.
Key West
QUOTE (darkdan @ Feb 27 2008, 07:18 PM) [*]597620[/*]
I use the long plastic "handle" that comes when you buy a stick of yellow turbo.



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