I just made a contact print in my darkroom. Interesting to see how much I remember from however long ago it was (15 or more years?).
I swept it out today, cleaned off the counter on what will be the wet side, fished out the trays and tongs I got through FreeCycle ages ago, hooked up the timers, mounted the safelight . . . I have a timer that seems pretty over-the-top but is really quite handy. The enlarger and safelight plug into it and you can switch between the two as needed, but when you use the footswitch (!) the safelight goes off, and the enlarger is turned on for a timed exposure. Very elegant, as far as I am concerned.
Of course, I have no idea how long to expose this out of date RC paper I have 500 sheets of, so I’m going to have to wait until I can get some paper chemistry before I have any idea how successful I was.
The enlarger can make a 16×20 print at full extension, more than I expect I’ll need, though the temptation to make a print that size is something I won’t even try to resist if I can afford the paper.