Tom Ferguson (tomf2468@pipeline.com)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 07:51:58 -0800
FotoDave@aol.com wrote:
>I am using a simple 11x14 contact frame with 3 metal bars behind that push the
>back board forward. I have seen some area where contact is not good. Is there
>any way I improve the contact?
>
>I thought about simply pull and bend the bars a little so that they would push
>harder, but I read that that will give the pressure toward the middle so the
>side will have bad contact. Should I add a piece of felt? foam pad?<SNIP>
Dave may be headed in the right direction.... the springs may be weak, he
could need more spacer in the frame. I would be hestant to "bend the
bars". Many of these are "spring metal" and that doesn't like to be bent.
You could do more harm than good. I have some frames I like, but they had
gotten "weak". So I had Doug Kennedy (707-647-1447) put new (and much
nicer) spring metal on them. Quite reasonable $$ compared to new frames.
Another possibility I have seen is that the paper Dave is printing on my be
curling/deforming too much during the coating stage. I found that with
some papers I need to put them under my "flat piece of metal with a big
weight on top" for an hour (after they are completely dry of course). Then
I get much less of a problem. This is far more common with 16x20 paper
than with 11x14 or 8x10. I'm going to have to try John Rudiak's
>pieces of 20X24 plate glass, the bottom one covered with black felt
>is 1/4 inch and the top is 3/8".
I need (want) a bigger size, and that sounds so wonderfully simple and
CHEAP ;-)
Tom
tomf2468@pipeline.com
http://www.thefstop.com/tf.html
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