Water Mill on dry plate

[HowLarge]

I have not tried dry plates yet but have the Stearman - I cannot imagine the plates shushing about , would they not just sit there?
A diy closed tray for daylight dev would be easier to make I would imagine as the plates won’t float or overlap

 

[Marley's Ghost]

I develop glass plates in trays in a darkroom, under a red safelight.

Sadly our flat has no space for a darkroom - so it's tank or bust.

 

[David M]

People used to have to do something to the base of the Paterson Orbital. One of them was tiny dots of Araldite, arranged in a neat pattern (more or less). Would that help the plate to ride above the vulnerable surface?