My RX-3 came with a small stack of Popular Mechanics type magazines from the 1960s that had Wankel-specific articles in them.
I would LOVE to scan these books in, not just for the Wankel articles but also for the road tests and other articles in general. Really really fascinating to see editorials and new car reviews from that timeframe.
However I am certain that if I just threw them into the scanner, the spines would break and the books would be ruined. They are bound books, not stapled magazines, and they are rather stiff. Does the Hive any thoughts on how to proceed?
imgon
HalfDork
5/27/19 5:59 p.m.
It might be a really slow process but could you take pics with a decent camera and then download from there?
RossD
MegaDork
5/27/19 6:06 p.m.
I use an app called Genius Scan and it makes nice black and white scans direct to pdf. Its pretty slick for receipts and business cards, it probably work well if you mostly want text. It also does multipage documents.
In reply to Knurled. :
Libraries, at least ones at larger universities, have scanners designed for this. I’m not sure about the cost or availability of using them, but that’s how the pros scan them.
imgon said:
It might be a really slow process but could you take pics with a decent camera and then download from there?
This is probably how I would proceed, but there is something of a DIY Book Scanner thing: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/02/diy-book-scanning-is-easier-than-you-think/
Which coincidentally is just a gizmo to hold the book open while you photograph the pages....
You can view all issues of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science on Google Books, which would be easier than scanning them.
https://books.google.com/books/about/Popular_Mechanics.html?id=RdMDAAAAMBAJ
https://books.google.com/books/about/Popular_Science.html?id=MC0DAAAAMBAJ
They may have other similar magazines, you'd have to check.
