Re: Slide mounts

[P3D Paul Talbot <ptww@xxxxxxxxx>]

David W. Kesner wrote:

> The Spicer mounts fit perfectly in an EMDE aluminum
> binder with one piece of glass (on the projection side).

I wonder if either the Spicer mounts or the EMDE binders have changed
specs ever so slightly?  I have very recent examples of both, and my
Spicer cardboard mounts do not fit in the EMDE binder without forcing
them.  The cardboard mount is too tall, by a smidgen, before even using
tape to seal the mount shut.  After forcing the cardboard mount in to
the binder, the front and back sides of the mount bulge apart, the
binder bends slightly in the same direction, and the top and bottom
edges of the binder slant such that they are no longer perpendicular
to the side edges.  Thus the mounted slide will not stand exactly
vertical.  Do your Spicer mounts fit better than this in your EMDE
binders?

> I should also mention the extra side benefit from the mounts: all
> those little square cardboard pieces. Does anyone have any use for
> approximately 2400 23 x 21 mm squares. Dr. T, what are you doing with
> all yours? Could we send them back to Steve for recycling?

In our area Ecology Action accepts cereal box and similar cardboard
for recycling, so I can just toss mine in my cardboard recycling bag.

Paul Talbot


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