Tim,

This is my set-up for scanning these slides, it is designed to hold the old fashioned 35mm slides in cardboard. I modified it to allow feeding in the filmstrips. So I take a shot of each and then have to modify/edit them in Microsoft Office 2010. So no cutting or loss of the strip is involved. The filmstrips are interesting in that they are coming up on the end of their useful life, some are in better shape than others but chemically they are really only good for so many years. I had lobbied a bit for a literature section on the forums but it has never really taken off, I even offered to moderate since the literature is interesting to me now my truck is essentially done.
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1950 Chevrolet 3/4-Ton 3600
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