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Time Traveller |
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October 21, 2009 07:42:19pm |
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Re: Question about the Scanning Service |
I have never come across a binding that can not be destroyed by simple means, old books have a thread stitched binding, try a scalpel on the threads.
being a woodworker and lateral thinking, how about clamping (or cramping)the book between two pieces of wood to stiffen the pages, then using a sanding machine (fixed belt sander)to sand away the binding.
Get two bits of ply or manufactured board, larger than the book, on the 3 sides opposite the binding, outside the book, drill holes and use small machine screws and nuts to clamp the boards together with book trapped in between.
Locally telephone directorys are prepared for recycling by community groups, that use a band saw to cut off the binding. (apparently, the binding was preventing the paper being repulped)
Also check out special band saw blades, the one I am thinking of, is non-toothed, stainless steel, with a knife edge.
Black and Decker has (had?) what they called a "Work Wheel" with a small diameter circular cutting blade, amongst things, it was advertised to cut carpet, cloth and cardboard. From memory, it had a choice of wheels including non-toothed knife edge. I suggest you got to Google Books, Popular Mechanic Magazine, round about the '80s and read the article about the new "invention"
As for Matt,
1, I am sure you always get your original book back, unless you specify otherwise.
2, but if you read the conditions of doing business with a book scanner org, you will certainly see they will accept no liability for any loss of, or to your original book, even during shipping to them, and return.
3, As you want the book back, highly likely you dont want it destroyed by have the binding cut, so you might be stuck with going to a commercial scanner if the book wont open flat, Google Books have a scanner that corrects for such books, you might want to check out Popular Mechanics or Popular Science on line, maybe "how Stuff Works)as less than a year ago, one or other explained how Googles scanner works.
4, One issue with going commercial, here in NZ, no double elsewhere too, print shops are very suspicious of possible copyright breach when asked to print out a digital file. I have had 3 PDFs off this archive printed out for me, in every case, I had to include the copyright licence from the Archive with the PDF file.
Commercial Book Scanners, no double are just as paranoid, (with good reason)
So be sure its okay to scan that book, because if the book scanner misplaces or damages the book, you wont get much help from the legal system.
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October 21, 2009 08:08:58pm |
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Re: Question about the Scanning Service |
Stephen,
I use a good quality sheet rock knofe, change the blades often. Place the book down on a wooden board preferably unfinished to increase friction so the book will not slide. Sometimes I place a rubber mouse pad under the book to stop sliding. Use a steel rule or straight edge and just run the blade along the straight edge until all of the pages are cut down. Practice on useless materials first, since the PS magazines are fragile, be careful to not tear the pages instead of cutting them.
The way to cut out the pages of a book is to leave the two covers and binding in place. Set the book on a piece of scrap wood on the corner of a table with the bottom cover hanging vertically off the scrap wood and edge of the table. This way there is no chance of cutting the table or cutting off the back cover of the book. Lay a straight edge in from the binding about 1/4" on the first internal page and cut along this guide with a sharp knife, making several passes. You should be able to free up about 50 pages before you need to remove these pages and reset the straight edge. Cutting out the pages this way leaves a smooth surface for re-gluing pages with any wood glue.
A book can be cut apart this way in about two minutes. If you don't want to reglue the pages, reset them in the cover (still completely intact) and add a rubber band. Frequently it is much easier to read loose pages than bound pages.
Re-gluing pages is very simple. Just add some wood glue to the binding and to the binding edge of the pages and stick the pages in the binding. Let set overnight. The new binding will work just as well as before.
Notes: Some pages are printed right to the center "gutter". This makes manually scanning one or two pages at a time impossible. It is also impossible to copy such pages. These pages have to be cut out to be scanned. Secondly, tiny paperback pages are too small to fit in most document feeders. These pages should be scanned manually, two pages at a time with deferred OCR, or copied first and then inserted into the automatic document feeder.
However, cutting and then re-gluing is not workable for library books.
Gerry
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