[alt-photo] Link is wrong RE: Woodburytype Press was:RE: Re: Dichromated Gelatin Formula

[C.Breukel at lumc.nl]

It seems a bit difficult to link directly to the now gone pages


First go to the :

http://archive.org/web/web.php

And put 

http://www.geocities.com/woodburytype/17.htm

In the search option, click on 2001
Than on November 17, and that should bring you the photographs of the press

Best,

Cor

> -----Original Message-----


> From: alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org [mailto:alt-
> photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org] On Behalf Of
> C.Breukel at lumc.nl
> Sent: maandag 24 september 2012 11:01
> To: alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org
> Subject: [alt-photo] Woodburytype Press was:RE: Re: Dichromated Gelatin
> Formula
> 
> I seem to recall a post by somebody from Australia (?), long time ago  who
> found a abandoned Woodbury press, and I even found it back (so my memory
> is not dim yet..;-)..)
> 
> See:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/czzd3w5
> 
> (may load slow)
> 
> Enjoy,
> 
> Cor
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org [mailto:alt-
> > photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org] On Behalf Of etienne
> > garbaux
> > Sent: zondag 23 september 2012 22:25
> > To: The alternative photographic processes mailing list
> > Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Dichromated Gelatin Formula
> >
> > Gord wrote:
> >
> > >Could using different more malleable metal than lead support an
> > >easier way of making Woodburytypes?  Aluminum is more
> > >malleable.  Could a stack of aluminium foil work?
> >
> > Woodbury used tin foil for the related stannotype process, and also
> > experimented with plating the gelatin (today, one might use
> > electroless nickel plating).  But again, the lack of extreme pressure
> > used in making the molds made them very different in appearance from
> > Woodburytypes.  Where Woodburytypes have very smooth tonal gradation
> > due to the extreme pressure, stannotypes and all of the modern
> > attempts to simulate Woodburytypes with casting processes yield very
> > much noisier tonal gradation -- the opposite of a Woodburytype.  The
> > Eastman House had a few stannotypes in the archives, but since the
> > process never caught on commercially they are very rare.
> >
> > (A related phenomenon plagued all attempts to reproduce vinyl records
> > with optical sensors.  The diamond stylus of a mechanical pickup does
> > not play the surface of the groove -- rather, it "swims" through tens
> > of micrometers of the vinyl under the enormous pressure on the
> > diamond contact points, so the defects on the groove surface are
> > attenuated.)
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > etienne
> >
> >
> >
> >
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