Re: Alternate methods of VM mounting

[P3D Norm Lehfeldt <norml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had a similiar thing happen with a View Master Personal roll. I took the
film out of the mounts, pieced
it together with masking tape, and ran it (very carefully) through the
punch. I think only one pair was unviewable, because of slippage, on the
entire roll.

Norm

>>Subject: No way......
>
>Clifford L. Davis asks:
>>No way am I going to spend outrageous amounts of money for a MARK II or
>>Viewmaster film cutter.
>>I am quite positive there must be an alternative.
>>Does anybody on the list have any alternative methods of making
>>viewmaster reels without those clunky expensive cutters?
>
>Cliff,
>Sorry, I'm a little behind in my Digests, but I wanted to respond to your 
>question. 
>My first roll of film from my View-Master camera came back from a one hour 
>photo joint 'mounted' even though I had expressly requested 'DO NOT MOUNT.' I 
>sat at home very depressed with the slides in my hand until I was able to 
>figure out a way to view them. I took apart a broken View-Master (one of the 
>red/white ones). I then made a 'sandwich' out of three layers of illustration 
>board. The first and third layers were cut to the shape of the VM and 
>rectangular holes cut to match the size of two of the four images on the 
>slides. The middle piece was cut as a 'pass thru' for the slides. I then added 
>a box, with the bottom cut out and wax paper for a diffuser, to the outside of 
>the unit. Passing alternate slides thru the 'pass thru'  gives you two of the 
>pictures in stereo. pushing the next alternate slide (1,3,5,7,9, etc.) gives 
>you the next pair. Then you can start the process over with the opposite 
>alternate slides.
>It's not perfect, but at least you can view the slides! 
>The point I'm making is that I think with a little modification you could make 
>a workable viewer out of this idea. (They're not "reels" though...)
>I also tried cutting the chips by hand and trimming with an exacto knife. It 
>works for viewer viewing, but looked awful when projected.
>The other suggestion I could make is to have the chips mounted by one of the 
>services. I've used Gene Garza in the past and he does an excellent job! 
>(address avaliable in the 'services' listing.) I'm lucky in that a friend owns 
>a cutter but hates to do the cutting so he leaves the cutter with me and I do 
>his occasional rolls for him.
>
>Hope I've been some help...
>Bruce
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