Re: [photo-3d] Best mounting instructions for complete novice?

[Ron Beck <rbeck@xxxxxxxx>]

Peter,
I'm sure you get dozens of recommendations on how to mount slides
quickly, reliability, and so forth from those of us who do our own
mounting.

I've recently started doing my own mounting because of several factors,
with Kodak's poor performance the main factor.  Here's what I have and
what I do.  It works for me because all I'm looking for is family photos
to look at through a viewer.

Supplies:

	Heat seal mounts
	small laminating machine
	double-side tape dispenser (used for photo albums)
	film cutter
	viewer

Procedure:

	Cut a portion of your film chips and lay them out in the
	proper order.  I lay mine out on my mounting table.  A 
	light box would probably help here.

	Take a mount and apply a small strip of double-sided stick
	tape just under the top mounting "lug" on both the left
	and right side.

	Position the left chip against the side alignment "lugs"
	and gently against the top lug.  Then press down on the 
	top to adhere the chip to the sticky-tape.

	Position the right chip in the same manner and adhere to
	the sticky-tape.

	Fold the mount and review it in your viewer.  Does it look
	right to you?  Do either of the chips need some adjustment?
	If so, make the adjustments and review the slide again.

	Run the mount through the laminator to seal the mount.  I
	"help" my mounts go through by spinning the top roller with
	my thumbs (I took the top of the laminator off).  The heat
	is about that of a projector bulb and it doesn't take that
	long to pass the mount through.  I've even been tempted to 
	just slide the mount around in the heating element and then
	use a hand press (like a wall paper edge press) to make
	sure the seal is secure.

With this method, I can get a 36 exposure roll done in about 1/2 hour,
not including "Daddy, I need help..." interruptions :-).  One note, the
double-sided tape I use is the archival variety made for scrap-booking. 
It actually puts down an adhesive film on the surface of my mount. 
Walmart has it in their craft section.  It comes in a little hand held
dispenser and is very easy to use.

Please also note, I don't use a gauge or determine where my infinity
point is or check for window placement or anything else like that.  I
suppose if I were going to try entering competitions I'd pay a bit more
attention to things like this.  However, I mount family pictures to look
at later and so far, the above method has worked just fine.

HTH,
Ron

Peter Davis wrote:

> I'd like to find a way to mount my slides quickly, reliably and
> inexpensively.  I do have a Lutes cutter, so that should solve part of the
> problem.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -pd

 

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