Charlie, by "snap", I mean that when the 120 film is still on the developing reel, I hold the reel in one hand and snap my arm/wrist downward to expel the water out the side of the spiral. This seems a safe way to remove excess water before unspooling the film and hanging it to dry. The Agfa technician I spoke with also mentions that film development machines will mechanically snap a vertically hanging film by bouncing the clip which holds the top end of the strip (the bottom end of the film has a clip with a weight on it.) He suggested I do this also, but I have not tried it, and in fact the weights I currently use will probably slip off the bottom end if I bounce the film. I could try bending over the bottom 1/4" of the film, and using a proper film clip with a good grip -- but frankly I don't think this effort will help much.(posted 8741 days ago)I like your idea of hanging the film horizontally to dry, so that the long edges of the 120 film are at the top and bottom. The engineering of how to suspend the film in this position long enough to dry it is an interesting problem..... I imagine some strings and rubber bands at the proper tension would hold the film just taught enough.... Of course, I also need to rig horizontally-opposed anchors to which I can attach the film/rubber-band/string arrangement.
Thanks for your suggestion.