[Coco] [Color Computer] Re: april 1990 spine removal and scanning

[seanrussoct08]

--- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "stinger30au" <stinger30au at ...>
wrote:
>
> today i had a brilliant idea, rather then go visit the clown up town
> again and pay a few dollars per magazine for him to cut the spines of
> my rainbow mags with a guilotine that has blunt blades and chunks
> taken out of it, i thought i would have a go myself
> 
> i had a look at the book and noticed there is inly a very thin run of
> glue down the spine and this is really all that needs to be removed
> 
> so i went to the local "bunnings warehouse" and bought a $5 stanley
> knife and $5 pack of 10 replacement blades
> 
> tonight when the kids went to bed i put the rainbow magazine on top of
> a cutting board i nicked from the kitchen and *VERY CAREFULLY* cut the
> glue off the spine.
> 
> this does take some time and patience is required and a steady hand. i
> reckon you could very easily go wrong with this if you were not paying
> attention
> 
> anyhow after about 15 minutes i had achieve this and had pretty
> straight edges as well i might add
> 
> i then inserted 10 pages in the scanner and let it go
> 
> works like a charm
> yippie!
> 
> more scanning tomorrow
> 
> night all
>

That's is supreme dedication to your project - taking a knife to your
Rainbow's!!!  I shudder to think about it.  

That's a really cool project though!