Hi Robert, What material did you use to take the negative mould? Regards, Snir Snir Dinar Systems Engineer Tactile Inkjet Mapping Project Enterprise & Innovation APU East Road, Cambridge CB1 3RZ (care of Geography) s.dinar@xxxxxxxxx www.timp.org.uk Phone; +44 (0)1223 363271 x 2175 Fax: +44 (0)1223 417726 -----Original Message----- From: accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Jaquiss Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 2:50 PM To: accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [accessibleimage] Re: Stockholm Tactile reading- tactile understanding conference Hello Lisa: Your report is very interesting. I like the idea of using a laser cutter for making collage materials. For those of you who have not seen a laser cutter. These machines are about the size of a household chest freezer. The cutting head moves over a large flat surface, and focuses the laser beam at the material to be cut. A laser cutter can not only cut, it can also engrave. In 1991, I had one of these machines cut a piece of acrylic plastic into a map of downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. The streets were grooves wide enough to insert dymo tape. I then made dymo tape labels for the street names, and laid them in the streets. Some of the hotels, and the convention center were also labeled. The result was a positive image. I then had a negative mold made, and copied with an industrial vacuum forming machine. The result was the creation of some nice maps which were used for the 1991 NFB national convention. More later. Regards, Robert Jaquiss