Drew, I thought you might appreciate the saw reference. I'll do you a favor and not mention the router and dust collector...
Drew, I thought you might appreciate the saw reference. I'll do you a favor and not mention the router and dust collector...
What next, lawn mowers?
Tin Can
Don't get me started...
Originally Posted by Randy Moe
At least I have no grass man. That's a pun or double entendre.
Tin Can
I've got sixty grand of Festool sitting in the next room that hasn't been put away yet, more across the street, two more trucks in transit, and am still doing paperwork for more. Then there's Fein, Metabo, Bosch. I call my office, "Little Germany". I'm worn out. Of course, true to the Euro theme, I'll be packing the Norma tomorrow, albeit with only one German lens (a G-Claron) - the rest will be Fuji's. Don't tell anyone!
Sorry to come in with such a low tech solution. I had found a box of paper once which was fine except had some stiff curl from being dried out in our low humidity climate. Rather than trying to build/buy v. easel, I found that some double sided artist tape applied to my Saunders base worked well. Thin, held paper flat & did not put residue on paper. After done w/ that paper, easily removed.
Holding edges down can be accomplished simply by the adjustable masking blades on easels which have them. If you paper still has too much curl, a bit of removable masking tape applied to the blades and frame (not paper itself) is a suitable solution. But this does not hold the entire piece of paper flat. And it can
still buckle during exposure. A good vac easel with solve both problems.
Drew, you are right and I did not think to add that the Saunders has blades for the periphery. Those and the 'badge' magnets on the blades seem to do the job around the edge.
My problem was the center of the 16x20 paper w/ the curl. Since I store my paper face down with a flat weight on it and have outfitted my paper safe as a humidor as well, I have been lucky enough not to have much low humidity curl on fresh paper. If I did, I'd definitely think v.easel as you suggest.
As it was, with the problem only being with that one paper batch I did not want to go to the trouble & expense of v. easel when the tacky (not sticky) double sided artist tape seemed to do the trick.
You can actually turn the Saunders Pro easels into vac easels if you seal up the back and slots, and add the necessary holes and vac port. Not perfect, but good
enough for most purposes. Or cannibalize the just the masking blade assembly for something more seriously fabricated. I have done both, plus totally home-made
rigs.
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