Digital BW, The Print

At 10:38 AM 7/31/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Alan,
>Yes, prints coated that way have the quality of the double weight FB (if
>you use a thick stock,
>above 240 gms). And as far as I can tell you handle them the same way
>(however if you want
>to sign them on the front below the image you have to do it before
>coating).  Even sizes are more
>like standard photo paper sizes since you have to cut more or less 1/8"
>on all sizes after coating.
>(in case of 8x10 an least)
>You asked for a scan of the rod.  At the address below you will find a
>picture, which I have just
>taken with the digital camera of one of the ends of the rod.
>
>http://www.jmk-gallery.com/out/DSCF1055.jpg
>
>Hope it helps.
>Jack
>
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>Jack M Kucy
>JMK Gallery (www.jmk-gallery.com)
>917-991-2096     jmk@...
>Member of ASMP (www.asmp.org)
>_________________________________________________
>...a riveder le stelle
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > Guys,
> >
> > Three questions:
> >
> > Do your coated prints have a nice tactile quality like double weight FB?
> > Will they hold up to the same handling as conventional prints?
> >
> > How is the wire wound around the mayer rod? I have a bunch of  glass
> > measuring rods I might be able to use.  Maybe some really nice person
> > could
> > scan a mayer rod and post it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > AZ
> >
> >

Jack,

Thanks a lot for posting the mayer rod - not at all what I imagined it to 
look like. I take it that the rod and wire are stainless steel?  Or is that 
s/s wire around glass?  I think I will buy the real thing rather than try 
to make one.

best regards,

AZ




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