From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 07/10/03-01:14:25 PM Z
On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 Ender100@aol.com wrote:
>
> Judy told me she had t-shirts made that say:
>
> "Vacuum Frames Suck!"
No no, it was "Don't forget the bleed valve."
Now seriously, I realize I may be accused of "anti-sharpness attitude,"
but I never noticed any great difference between the vacuum frame and the
plate glass. (Except that if I didn't open the bleed valve on the vacuum
frame,the print got embossed.)
So, either glass is flatter in NYC or I lack a proper appreciation of
sharp. I was glad to get rid of the noisy space-eating mechanical monster,
a racket late at night, hot in summer & too many watts all yr round -- now
I have 5 shelves of supplies in the space.
Of course you folks with barns & garages & the great outdoors don't need
to use every inch. Still, I expected to miss the old plateburner + VF.
It was pure relief.
For the record, should one wish to go lo tech, I use up to 3 gallon jugs
(filled of course) for weight, at about 4, 9 & 12 o'clock. Exposure time
and "curves" are about the same... I've used various materials as "bed"
for the negative (there's a vinyl with a foam layer, also felt, et al),
but never found they made much difference, and since my glass sandwich is
ABOVE the bulbs, they'd be less simple.
But for those determined to build a V frame -- doesn't one (or more) of
the Nadeau books have instructions? Maybe also an old Palladio manual?
J.
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