Re: loading paper into a cancamera

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From: "Tom Miller" twmiller@mr.net

>Another thing I've done with small can cameras is glue a strip of mat board
to the
>inside of the can on either side of where the paper should be. This was
with a
>cylinder camera using film for negatives and the force of the film wanting
to make
>itself flat again held the film in place. This should work with paper,
too.

That is a good method, an improvement can be made by making a beveled cut on
one of the edges of each strip and install the strips with the beveled egde
facing each other. Alternatively, 2 strips can be glueed together the one
directly glueed to the can narrower that the top one, this will form a slot
on which you slide down the film or paper. A even quicker method if your
can is made of ferrous material, is to use plain flat magnets (the stronget
the better), either right on top of the edges of the film/paper or instead
of the mat strips as above.

I can almost smell the turkey!! and turkey again next day, and the turkey
sandwhich the day affter, and the the turkey soup and the turkey.......on
and on and on!! It is a good thing thanksgiving (mid Oct) is not as close
to Xmas here in Canada!!

Anyway, Merry Xmas to everybody.

Guillermo
Received on Sat Dec 22 11:59:19 2001