Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Making a 16mm movie film developing tank from a PVC sewage pipe, using a CNC mini- lathe, a band saw, dress press, router etc...
This could be made pretty easily with just a saw, a drill and a file, and is sort of a copy of the Lomo UPB-1A tank.

The 3D models and STL's are from here...
sixteenmillimeter.com/projects/GNAL

00:00 - Intro
00:16 - Lomo tank
00:45 - GNAL film reel
04:03 - Tank concept
04:57 - Cutting up the stock
08:13 - Flattening PVC Pipe
09:28 - Tank base
12:14 - Base legs
14:20 - Lid fabrication
15:58 - Mail time
16:06 - Lid latches
17:55 - Turning the funnel on the CNC mini lathe
23:57 - Drain
30:34 - Paint
31:10 - Light leak test
34:26 - Developing light leak test
37:37 - Loading a whole roll of 16mm film
38:50 - Reversal developing Fomopan R100

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