Actually, the easiest way to drive a wood screw I have found IS TO drive it in with a hammer, and then use the screw driver to tighten it. However, for oak it is better to drill a hole first. It is more a matter of knowing what you are doing (technique) than what you are doing it with. I would guess that applies to getting the best from your scanner as well.
Jack Davis wrote: > Thanks, Tom! I had been wondering why the wood screws were taking me so > long to drive in. Thought I had it solved when I decided that the > pointy end should go in first. ;-)) > (having a giddy moment) > > Jack > > --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Common sense point... :-) ... I only once considered scanning 35 film >> with a >> flat bed scanner. It was a high-end (for the time) HP something or >> the >> other. I looked at what the add on attachment cost vs. the price of >> a >> dedicated film scanner which was something like $100 for the >> attachment vs. >> $350 for the dedicated film scanner. The choice was obvious based on >> the >> value I was getting and film scanners were a pretty nifty item. >> >> There's the right tool for every job and using an all-purpose >> flat-bed >> scanner that was not really designed to scan film as a film scanner >> is not >> using the right tool for the job, as anecdotal evidence bears out. If >> that's >> all one has, then OK, but in a general discussion about film >> scanning, any >> talk about how bad or hard your experience was, is sort of missing >> the >> point. >> >> It's like telling how hard it is to pound in a woodscrew with a tack >> hammer. >> Certainly one can probably accomplish it, but it's not representative >> of how >> to drive in a screw. >> >> >> Tom C. >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of >> Scott >>> Loveless >>> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 8:57 AM >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> Subject: Re: Shooting film (Velvia) >>> >>> Adam Maas wrote: >>>> Velvia and Kodachrome are too high contrast to get good scans on >> low-end >>>> flatbed scanners and older mid/high-end flatbeds. The scanners >> simply >>>> don't have the DMax to handle these emulsions. >>> I'll agree with that. I've never shot Velvia, but Kodachrome is >> nearly >>> impossible to scan with a low-end flatbed. If the photo doesn't >> have >>> dense shadows I can get a scan suitable for web viewing. That's >> about >>> as good as it gets. Astia, Provia and E100 are much more >> forgiving. >>> -- >>> Scott Loveless >>> http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and >> follow the >>> directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > -- Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
