Slide mounter? Balderdash! That’s a de-embigulator, if ever I seen one.
Back in the dawn of photography, during the 1980’s, a de-embigulator was to be found in every photographers studio. Perfect for using with mimeograph machines, they fell out of favour with the popularity of teletext.
See slice mounter I really like. But de-embigulator hey that’s almost perfect. The days of making really beautiful things that are very, very small have almost left us. Unless you make things with weeny circuit boards, I guess.
S2art is going to cane this series, I think. You’ll all have a lot of work to do to to catch him unawares.
From the box (it’s in a box!):
Rowi Dia-einfassgeråt Modell 1
Rowi Slide Mounting Jig Model 1
Does anyone want to have a stab at guessing how on earth you work it?
I was going to say you thread the slide film through the metal bit on the right, between what looks a bit like a foam jawed vice, but on closer inspection it looks as if there’s a sort of chrome headed bolt that goes right through, so that can’t be right.
The bit on the right looks as if it should hold or squeeze the mounted slide together.
(There isn’t a missing piece to fool us is there?)
Ian, that’s where I think Andrew got in first, but there’s no threading through, none whatsoever. You are spot on with the “hold or squeeze the mounted slide together” part though.
There is a bit missing, but it’s not in order to fool you. It’s a sort of spatula, like one of those little flattish plastic ice cream spoons.
I’ll post the instructions over the w/e, but you’re there, really….
[...] There’s been a long running debate about whether glass mounts are useful of not, very similar to the debate about whether or not to use a skylight filter on your lenses. Glass keeps out the dust but might degrade scanning or projection quality. Glassless is lighter and easier to store. You pick. If you are lucky enough to come across any of those lovely old cardboard mounts, you will also need glue or use double-sided sticky tape cut to fit. Or you can go the whole retro way and borrow this handy little tool. [...]
[...] Guess The Gizmo [1] was soon identified by the incredible all-seeing Murdoch, and was much harder. I give this one 24 hours: it’s the weekend. [...]
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Is it some kind of slide threader with a film cutter?
Slide threader? I’d love to see one of those, and fwiw I’m totally seeing where you’re going…
.. but no.
It’s a slice mounter of course
Slide mounter? Balderdash! That’s a de-embigulator, if ever I seen one.
Back in the dawn of photography, during the 1980’s, a de-embigulator was to be found in every photographers studio. Perfect for using with mimeograph machines, they fell out of favour with the popularity of teletext.
See slice mounter I really like. But de-embigulator hey that’s almost perfect. The days of making really beautiful things that are very, very small have almost left us. Unless you make things with weeny circuit boards, I guess.
S2art is going to cane this series, I think. You’ll all have a lot of work to do to to catch him unawares.
From the box (it’s in a box!):
Rowi Dia-einfassgeråt Modell 1
Rowi Slide Mounting Jig Model 1
Does anyone want to have a stab at guessing how on earth you work it?
I was going to say you thread the slide film through the metal bit on the right, between what looks a bit like a foam jawed vice, but on closer inspection it looks as if there’s a sort of chrome headed bolt that goes right through, so that can’t be right.
The bit on the right looks as if it should hold or squeeze the mounted slide together.
(There isn’t a missing piece to fool us is there?)
Ian, that’s where I think Andrew got in first, but there’s no threading through, none whatsoever. You are spot on with the “hold or squeeze the mounted slide together” part though.
There is a bit missing, but it’s not in order to fool you. It’s a sort of spatula, like one of those little flattish plastic ice cream spoons.
I’ll post the instructions over the w/e, but you’re there, really….
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[...] There’s been a long running debate about whether glass mounts are useful of not, very similar to the debate about whether or not to use a skylight filter on your lenses. Glass keeps out the dust but might degrade scanning or projection quality. Glassless is lighter and easier to store. You pick. If you are lucky enough to come across any of those lovely old cardboard mounts, you will also need glue or use double-sided sticky tape cut to fit. Or you can go the whole retro way and borrow this handy little tool. [...]
[...] Guess The Gizmo [1] was soon identified by the incredible all-seeing Murdoch, and was much harder. I give this one 24 hours: it’s the weekend. [...]