[plug] Urgent: unencumbered photo of router guts required

[rpowersau at gmail.com]

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:24:14 +0800, Chris Caston <caston at arach.net.au> wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 03:19, Arie Hol wrote:
> > On 25 Jan 2005 at 23:33, Chris Caston wrote:
> >
> > > I have the router but no digital camera. Just one of those things that I
> > > would buy if I stopped getting these annoying bills all the time.
> > >
> > >
> > Do you have a flatbed scanner ???
> >
> > If so - carefully lay the bits to be scanned on the scanner and scan away, it might take a few
> > scans to get it right, but you should get what you want.
> >
> > You may need to cover the scanner and the object to be scanned with a dark cloth to improve scan
> > lighting and quality.
> >
> > You may need to resize the image to a usable size and resolution, but that would depend on the
> > resolution options of your flatbed scanner.
> >
> > HTH.
> >
> > Good luck.
> 
> That's a funny suggestion. My immediate thought is that it would be
> somewhat akin to trying to use the  microwave with the door open.
> 
> Do you think the scans would be the quality that is required for Leon's
> magazine article?

I've gotten some pretty good scans of pcbs using this method. But it
does take a lot of effort.  :)

> >
> >
> > Regards Arie
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> >
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Regards,
Russ