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Subject: map edging machines and tape
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 11:05:29 -0600
From: Carol Russell <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear MAPS-L subscribers,

I am writing on behalf of a fellow map library assistant and myself. We
both have in our respective map libraries a Scotch brand map edging
machine, sold by 3M probably in the 1970's, with a roller and crank
handle,
which attaches to a tabletop. The edge of the map is cranked through the
roller, and a plastic tape is folded around and applied to the edge to
reinforce it, making a 1/4" taped edge on both sides of the map.

The machine is Scotch Brand Edger, catalog no. S-64 Model 355, and it
uses
Scotch Acetate fibre edging tape no. 750 (white) 1/2" x 72 yard. I
understand that neither the machine nor the tape is being manufactured
anymore.

I have an old machine that has been tinkered with too much, and would
like
to get it repaired. I would also like to get more of the tape, if that
is
possible.

When I first began working for the Geology Library, the then-librarian
told
me he had bought the machine because it was in use at that time by the
USGS
library.

Do any of you reinforce the edges of maps, and if so, do you have a
machine
that you use, and if so, what is it?

If you use reinforcing tape, what do you use? The only tape my fellow
map
library assistant has been able to obtain is pretty much non-stick and
pulls away from the map. Do you know if the old tape still available
somewhere?  I think I found the last available stock in Austin years
ago.

And if you have one of the old machines like ours, do you know of a way
to
have it repaired?

Thanks for any assistance,

Carol Russell
Map library assistant, Tobin Map Collection
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712
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