Has anyone ever tried using the canisters from comercial film? I got a Watson Bulk film loader when I bought my enlarger about a year ago. I have shot a dozen rolls of film at $5 a pop. I bought 2 100' rolls of film but I didn't know I needed canisters. The 1hour photo has tons of canisters that haven't been opened (they just cut the film off.(posted 8614 days ago)1. I could open the canisters gently and press to tops back on with a small hand vise of C clamp.
2. I could tape my film directly to the film sticking out ( about 1/4" ) and not have to open the cassette.
3. Or should I buy a pile of these empty canisters? Can they be used more than once?
Has anybody ever tried this? What kind of results do you get?