Dear members,

 

This morning I went to a professional shop which has all the brand new
shining machines to get a copy of plan. I was very disappointed when I was
told that 900 mm is the maximum width they can cope with. The width of the
plan I have (idem for almost all plans in my possession) is about 1100 mm.
The advice I got from the shop owner, was to find and elder shop which still
has the "old" machines to make copies. 

 

If find this very worrying: if the industry no longer makes these kind of
machines, what will happen once the machines in the musea are decommissioned
and the stock of plans is sold out? I already mentioned a similar problem
before: even making an accurate copy of an existing plan seems very
troublesome. Also: why has it become impossible to get plans printed on
mylar (which is not hygroscopic and much stronger that paper)? Maybe it's
time for the musea to start scanning all plans they have into digital form.
This would leave the possibility to print only certain parts of a plan so
that everything fits on the new "small" printers. I only hope someone on
this list works in a museum or has good contacts with people working there:
please pass the message!

 

Greetings,

 

Chris.


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