Hi Adrienne,
The one I have came from Zone VI - not sure who originally made them, but it is
literally a piece of steel with the ends bent up, then out (so two bends at
each end) then powder coated with enamel. Any sheet metal place could make one
easily and quickly for half the price of the one you link to below.
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Any reasonably sized town usually has a metalworks place that would do this for
you. 1/16 inch steel is what mine is made from. ( I think steel comes in
gauges not inches but don't know the conversion )
It works great and I use it for dry mounting all the time.
It has two holes drilled through the hand grips to hang it on the wall when not
in use.
Ideally you would have it powder coated ( enamel) which the shop could direct
you to or spray painted with enamel.
Here's an example place online but it would be cheaper locally to avoid
shipping costs:
https://www.xometry.com/sheet-metal-fabrication/
Search for "sheet metal" near you.
Russ
On Dec 27, 2017, at 3:41 PM, Adrienne Moumin <photowonder2010@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Happy Holidays, everyone!
I am looking for a metal plate for print flattening post-drymounting.
I'm in the planning stages of mounting 24 8x10 prints in an array of 4 high x
6 wide, for a total image size of 39" x 44". I am mounting on a sheet of
4-ply Rising mat board. So I will need something to quickly flatten and cool
each section as I pull the entire behemoth out of my 16x20 press. I've done
smaller mounted photo collages before, but I will need to move fast with this
one.
I vaguely remember some sort of flat lead(?) plates, with all 4 sides
up-fluted for easy grabbing, meant for exactly this purpose. Perhaps I don't
know the right search terms, or perhaps such things went out with the Model
T.
This is the closest I have found, but it's pretty expensive for the large
size.
http://www.talasonline.com/Paper-Weights ;
<http://www.talasonline.com/Paper-Weights>
I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas or leads for what I'm seeking?
With advance thanks,
Adrienne
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