Re: 15" F/11 Red Dot Artar ?

"____" <internetphobic@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <frfa7m$jq$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "Ken Hart" <kwhart1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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>>  and cut a hole in the ceiling so the lamphouse would go up between two

>> rafters.
>
> I always laugh when people say they cut a hole in the ceiling. You could
> have just dropped the counter top and then made an adjustable shelf in
> front of the enlarger to make smaller prints.
>

The hole in the ceiling was the easier alternative. I had already
installed 
the cabinets and countop. Since this was going to be my enlarger area, I 
took special care in installing the cabinets: trimming the toekick rather 
than using ****ms to level it to the floor, additional mounting sup****ts to

the wall, and stiffening battens on the underside of the countertop. I 
probably "test-installed" the cabinets a half-dozen times before I was 
satisfied with them. Once they were permantently in place and all the
other 
"trimmings" of the darkroom were installed (timers, stereo,etc) I had no 
urge to remove them and modify them to get six inches less height.
The hole in the ceiling required five minutes work with a keyhole saw!