Anybody interested in this? It was rebuilt less than 5 years ago and probably hasn't ran 100 prints through it since then. We just don't use it anymore. Got rid of all the ammonia in the office last week.
Does it come with a rope to tie it to your boat?
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Wow, I wasn't sure I'd ever see one of those again, even if it is in a photograph!
I still have not so fond memories of running prints for hours and hours, thank God Almighty himself I'll never have to do that again.
It'll be interesting to see if someone will actually want it and is still making blueprints, although I have heard of architects who like the "vintage" look.
Just turned mine on, cheaper than running a bunch of copies on my plotter, but I have it mainly to make copies for the County survey records of Plats which I don't get paper copies of for the files. Going to run copies of two plats one a two pager, 3 copies for one and 8 of the two pager. Still a place for the machines, it's payed for and runs fine.
jud
You supply the rope...
It DOES have a floor stand with it...that is in a barn behind about 30 ton of hay. I don't think the mice have chewed on it...but I bet it's a little dusty. :pinch:
Ended up giving mine away about 3 years ago, cant remember who but he was a north texas surveyor.
I tried to get something for it, but no one was biting.
Tried to give it to the local school also.
Good luck.
Randy
That's the same make and model I ran @ SAM, Inc. till around 2004.
Had the de-stinker box and everything to run it inside without venting.
I used to take the old ammonia home and kill fireants. Pour a cup down the fireant mound, tamp it down, and it would kill all of the ants (and the grass too).
But since it is a fertilizer (Nitrogen), in about a month, after the NH3 broke down, I would have the greenest circle of grass where I had poured.
My first summer surveying ('76), I was in charge of changing the 5 gallon ammonia jar. One time, I slipped, broke the neck off of the jar, and the boss had to evacuate the building. It was not my job after that.
Hey, lets not be knocking the ole' blueliners, or the antiques that use them!!
I still use my Blu-Ray 121, its the only thing I've got to copy mylars with.
It still works pretty good, but the bottle of stinky liquid is getting harder to find.
Paden, do you need a vacation and wanna deliver it to Idaho? I could use a back-up machine.
ps. I'll trade beer for ammonia.
Brian
Last ammonia I bought, had to get 4 gallons, that was 3 years ago and still have 3 unopened ones sitting around. Not to far apart, used to run from here to Blackfoot in a day, so if you are going through or know someone who is, let me know and I'll give you a jug, can't ship hazardous material without big bucks but it can be hand carried if you own it. That old ammonia diluted about 10 to 1 or more makes good fertilizer, same as the aqua ammonia that was used before anhydrous ammonia came along.
jud
I still have a Rotolite Blueline mounted to the office wall. It has a separate plastic tube unit where you roll up the plot and stick it over a dish of ammonia to get the yellow lies to turn blue. Haven't used it sonce 2000.
Jud
I can use a new bottle of ammonia, 1 for sure as mine is getting old. Will you be attending the PLSO Conference in January? If so, we can do a transaction there rather than paying for shipping.
Email me if you are interested.
Blue Prints require using Potassium Cyanide gas to develop. Blue Line uses ammonia. OSHA shut down Blue Print processing decades ago - too dangerous.
Tyler
If you didn't get the e mail, let me know.
jud
