Re: [pinhole-discussion] Electrical tape for pinhole purposes
I used strapping tape to make this camera.. http://www.rahji.com/images/composinglines.jpg then used gaffer's tape over all of the joints just to make it light tight. the strapping tape makes a really strong box though. rob From: George L Smyth glsm...@yahoo.com Reply-To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 12:45:03 -0700 (PDT) To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Electrical tape for pinhole purposes --- Nick Dvoracek dvora...@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu wrote: About 10 years ago I got the same idea about cheap electrical tape. Tried it out and it seemed to work great, so I ordered about 100 rolls for a project to provide pinhole cameras to schools. Most of it hardly stuck at all and the rest came loose pretty quick. Maybe it's OK for making metal pintoids light tight, but I wouldn't recommend it for assembling foamcore or matboard cameras. A physicist I know also told me it's not opaque in the infrared if you're into that! This is correct. I use electrical tape to amke my foamcore cameras, but then, they've always been designed with the expectation that I'll eventually sit on them and destroy them anyway. It is true that electrical tape is not infrared opaque, but then I rather doubt that foamcore or matboard is either, so that's a moot point. OTOH, although different types of wood have different degrees of infrared opacity, I have used pine (which is probably about the least opaque wood) with infrared with success, so thickness probably enters into the scene. Cheers - george = Handmade Photographic Images http://members.home.net/hmpi/ __ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ ___ Pinhole-Discussion mailing list Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??? unsubscribe or change your account at http://www.???/discussion/
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Electrical tape for pinhole purposes
Most of it hardly stuck at all and the rest came loose pretty quick vinyl tape is pretty strong, if you stretch it out and put it on an object it will shrink back and the adhesive will let go... the trick is to let it relax back to its original size after you pull it off the roll, then apply it of course, if it's just bad tape there's nothing you can do about it jim k
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Electrical tape for pinhole purposes
--- Nick Dvoracek dvora...@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu wrote: About 10 years ago I got the same idea about cheap electrical tape. Tried it out and it seemed to work great, so I ordered about 100 rolls for a project to provide pinhole cameras to schools. Most of it hardly stuck at all and the rest came loose pretty quick. Maybe it's OK for making metal pintoids light tight, but I wouldn't recommend it for assembling foamcore or matboard cameras. A physicist I know also told me it's not opaque in the infrared if you're into that! This is correct. I use electrical tape to amke my foamcore cameras, but then, they've always been designed with the expectation that I'll eventually sit on them and destroy them anyway. It is true that electrical tape is not infrared opaque, but then I rather doubt that foamcore or matboard is either, so that's a moot point. OTOH, although different types of wood have different degrees of infrared opacity, I have used pine (which is probably about the least opaque wood) with infrared with success, so thickness probably enters into the scene. Cheers - george = Handmade Photographic Images http://members.home.net/hmpi/ __ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/
[pinhole-discussion] Electrical tape for pinhole purposes
About 10 years ago I got the same idea about cheap electrical tape. Tried it out and it seemed to work great, so I ordered about 100 rolls for a project to provide pinhole cameras to schools. Most of it hardly stuck at all and the rest came loose pretty quick. Maybe it's OK for making metal pintoids light tight, but I wouldn't recommend it for assembling foamcore or matboard cameras. A physicist I know also told me it's not opaque in the infrared if you're into that! Guy wrote: . How did you get them light tight? Did you wrap some tape around to seal the light away? I suppose that you loaded them in a light-tight bag. How many would you carry around with you on a typical day? . That got expensive. I've found electrical tape on sale ... three rolls for a buck. I made over one hundred Pintoids. Marcy Merrill Photographer www.merrillphoto.com -- Nick Dvoracek dvora...@uwosh.edu Director of Media Services Voice: 920-424-7363 University of Wisconsin OshkoshFax: 920-424-7324 http://idea.uwosh.edu/media_services/home.html
