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Old 15-10-2007, 12:09 PM   #21 (permalink)
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I've got that one too. And a signed book of BoB pilots i got at duxford. Not going to scan it though as it would require bending the spine back to a frightening degree.
What you didn't see in my scans, because I cropped them out, were my fingers holding the book so it didn't bend too far!
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Old 15-10-2007, 12:20 PM   #22 (permalink)
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What you didn't see in my scans, because I cropped them out, were my fingers holding the book so it didn't bend too far!
You should try and get a bigger scanner!
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Old 15-10-2007, 12:22 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Or buy smaller books! Nah, plenty of room, just paranoid of "stretching" the book!
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Or buy smaller books! Nah, plenty of room, just paranoid of "stretching" the book!
I know the problem, I try to keep my books as in good condition as possible!
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All it requires is to gently lie it flat, and then slight pressure on the spine......................



........and it works for scanning books too
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Old 15-10-2007, 12:28 PM   #26 (permalink)
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All it requires is to gently lie it flat, and then slight pressure on the spine......................



........and it works for scanning books too
What a dirty mind you have!
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All it requires is to gently lie it flat, and then slight pressure on the spine......................

........and it works for scanning books too
Hmm, seems my technique is widely known...
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Hmm, seems my technique is widely known...
Well, in future close the curtains

And this thread has degenerated - oh my beautiful books, swimming in this filth
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Rely on me to lift the tone to a very high brow status...
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