Re: Lab mounting in the '50s

[P3D Marvin Jones <72657.3276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I was wondering. When back in the 50ties, it was common to get ones slides
> mounted by the lab (and it seems it is still possible now,here and there)
> how was (is) this done ? Manually ? Or was there some kind of mounting
> maschine ? I also understood it was (is) not done very accuratly ? How
> "badly" was (is) it done or was (is) it still quiet acceptable ?
> Patrick.
>    
I'm sure it was done mechanically. Certainly there was nobody sitting there
carefully calculating the best mounting to maintain an accurate window. However,
I used lab mounting exclusively in the '50s and '60s, and frankly I can't recall
ever having a problem with the work. Of course in retrospect, some of those
slides might benefit a lot from careful custom manipulation of the window, but
nothing was ever mounted "wrong" by the lab.


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