Hello Snir:
I don't know what the material was. The company that did the
thermoforming made the mold. All I got back was the finished plastic sheets.
Regards,
Robert
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From: "Snir Dinar" <s.dinar@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 9:14 AM
Subject: [accessibleimage] Re: Stockholm Tactile reading- tactile
understanding conference
> Hi Robert,
>
> What material did you use to take the negative mould?
>
> Regards,
>
> Snir
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Jaquiss
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> 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
>
>
>