P3D Yellow thingy -> Rapid-Sep(R) Spacing Tool!

[Darryl Zurn <darryl.zurn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm still 3 days behind on my Photo-3D Digests, but I found a use for the
RBT Yellow Thingy which speeds up my RBT mounting considerably.

I take a base RBT half and put in the white pins to the correct orientation
for my camera's film (pinholes up, top rack) and push them into the correct
distance for 80% of the slides I take. Put in a representative pair of film
chips and move the chips and pins back and forth so that the pair is
centered and has the correct separation. Take out the film chips, leaving
the white pin bars in place. Then take the plastic thingy and put it on top.
Notice where the top yellow bar overlaps the white bars, and mark the yellow
arm it with a sharp knife. Take the yellow thingy off and CUT OFF the ends
of the top two yellow arms so that the yellow thingy fits snugly in the
space between the white bars. So now the yellow thingy has become a
Rapid-Sep(R) Spacing Tool (I just made that up)!

So now, when preparing RBT's, I slap the prepared yellow thingy (err,
Rapid-Sep(R) Spacing Tool) on the bottom half. Then I put in one white bar
and slide my fingernail against one of the pins to gently nudge the bar
against the (cut-to-fit) arm of the Alignment Tool. Same with the other
side, take out the Spacing Tool, and I set the half aside until I put the
film chips in. I can do a bunch of them very fast, since there's no thinking
involved in that part. 

It's after the chips to be mounted are in place on the bottom half that your
artistic and technical stereo expertise is required. Of course, this tool
provides good mounting for maybe 80% of typical slides, and requires final
adjustment for whatever is envisioned as the perfect spacing for that
particular slide!

-- Darryl Zurn


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