[game_preservation] Book debinding

[Rachel "Sheepy" Donahue]

You might be interested in this:

http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-High-Speed-Book-Scanner-from-Trash-and-Cheap-C/

Similar can be achieved with an acrylic bookstand, acrylic straps, and a  
gorillapod.

On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:44:51 -0400, Devin Monnens <dmonnens at gmail.com>  
wrote:


> I got a rare Metroid strategy guide from Japan that has some artwork I  

> want

> to scan. IMO the book is overpriced collector's item, but I need the

> pictures so that was that. Anyway, the book is impossible to scan  

> because it

> is VERY tightly bound (you can't even open it 50 degrees without damaging

> the binding. I will therefore need to debind the book, ideally by melting

> the glue. What is a good procedure for debinding it with limiting damage  

> to

> the book? I figure if we're dealing with physical collections, someone  

> here

> must have experience with that... The next trick would be RE-BINDING, but

> I'll save that for later.

>

> -Devin

>



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