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Dennis Sherwood writes:

> The only cardbroad mounts I am
> personally aware of that allows for accuracy in mounting are the
> excellent Spicer mounts from Australia.

Actually, I have no trouble doing precision mounting with the heat-seal mounts
sold by Reel 3-D.  I basically follow the sheet Reel 3-D sends out with them.
I fix the vertical alignment by butting the chips against the lower embossed
guide, then slide them horizontally (lifting them over the side guides if
necessary) until they meet the mounting gauge requirements, and then tape the
chips in place (a strip at the top of each film chip, and then a strip at the
bottom), and heat seal.  If you don't tape the chips down, and if you use the
embossed side guides for horizontal alignment, then I agree, you won't get
a precision result.  The only problem I've had was with one badly stamped batch
where the bottom guides were not parallel to the film apertures.
     I think cardboard mounts get a bad rap just because inexperienced people,
like the one Dennis ran into, are both more likely to botch the mounting job
and to use cardboard.
     Of course, as Marvin Jones points out, there are other problems with
projecting cardboard mounts than precision.


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