[R-390] Gear Train Guru Wanted

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Barry,

I uploaded a TIFF file to Al Tirevold over a week ago on the RF geartrain. I
scanned the exploded assembly drawing of figure 6-36,which is two pages at a
very high resolution around something like 1200 dpi. I aligned the two pages
in Photoshop, did  touchup work on the alignment so it would look seamless,
and sized it for a one page figure. I uploaded the 150 dpi version to keep
the file size down as much as possible. The 150 dpi version prints good at
360 dpi on an inkjet printer using regular non-inkjet paper. Everything is
sharp and easily read.  I thought that would be a good test of resolution
and readability for most people. If it prints well on regular paper, then it
will look excellent on inkjet paper or on laser printers. I have a 300 dpi
version ready to upload if a higher resolution is more suitable.

If anyone else wants the work to put on a website, just let me know. I'll be
happy to upload it if that is okay with the Y2K folks. It is ready for final
annotations, such as page number, etc in Acrobat to make it complete for the
manual. I'm just waiting to hear if the work is acceptable for the manual,
and I'm ready to do any other figures that may need something more done to
them. I sometimes miss doing this for a living, so working on Y2K manual
stuff is the next best thing.



Barry Williams


> OK Gang,
> 
> Hate to be a wet blanket, but I have an on topic type post here I've been
> sittin' on.
> 
> One area for improvement in the Y2K manual is in the gear train department.
> What we still have there is that exploded line drawing with dotted zig-zag
> lines.  I don't know about you, but it doesn't really fill me with a whole
> lot of confidence to pursue a full teardown, cleaning and reassembly with
> that as a guide.
> 
> Sooooo... it would be great if one of you geartrain experts with a decent
> digital camera would do a teardown/reassembly, stopping at each baby step to
> snap a photo, so the rest of us can have a shot at it one of these days.  It
> could use a little bit of narrative, but the pictures would do most of the
> talking.
> 
> Any takers?  Who's gonna be the hero?
> 
> Barry