Re: Re binding Ron Williams Book was Ron Williams Book was INAV

From: Ken Achee <ken_at_achee.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:31:56 -0500

Thanks Chris. That's what I'll do.

Ken

On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Chris and Josette Borland <
candjborland_at_surewest.net> wrote:

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> HI Ken,
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> I got my copy on "permanent temporary loan" from a friend who had bought a
> copy when they came out, never used it and happened to find out that I flew
> indoor. Anyway, my binding came apart and I took over to "Doug the Printer"
> and used (I used to run a bindery for another printer) one of his machines
> to punch a series of narrow holes down the spine and then installed a
> plastic comb. This works better than the original binding as it allows the
> book to open fully and lay flat. I don't know if copy shops have plastic
> comb machines but most small full service printers should have one. This
> only takes a few minutes to punch and a $ or so for the comb so the cost
> should be minimal.
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> Chris Borland - Sacramento
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> On Aug 7, 2012, at 3:05 PM, Ken Achee wrote:
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> This one is somewhat related. How about some suggestions for rebinding an
> original copy of Ron's book? I bought John Blair's copy from the folks
> selling his modeling stuff in Johnson City. I can tell he used it a bunch
> and I'll think of his beautiful models every time I pick it up, but it's
> coming apart.
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> Help
>
> Ken
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> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Bill Carney <wcarneyjx_at_bellsouth.net>wrote:
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>> Same here. Nobody I knew in my area knew how to build indoor models. I
>> still have the tattered remains of my copy. Thank yoiu Ron.
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>> --- On *Tue, 8/7/12, Mark F1diddler <f1diddler_at_yahoo.com>* wrote:
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>> From: Mark F1diddler <f1diddler_at_yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: INAV
>> To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
>> Date: Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 7:34 AM
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>> Ron Williams wrote,
>> <<I daresay there are lots of the current crop of active indoor flyers
>> who were attracted to the hobby by this book.>>
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>> Yes, I would be one of those. The drawings, instructions, artwork kept me
>> interested for about 10 years before I got around to doing anything. Thank
>> you, Ron Williams.
>> MB
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