Conservators can be a bit obsessive when it comes to hand tools. Not only must a tool be well suited to perform a specific task, but it must also be ergonomic. If a stock tool is not quite right for the job, I may modify it or just make the tool that I need from scratch. Making or adapting tools does not have to be time consuming or expensive, and some of my favorite tools are quite simple.
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For example, I find myself doing a lot of lifting and scraping in my day-to-day work. Original binding material may need to be lifted or damaged paper may have small scarf tears that need to be manipulated. Scraping may be an effective method for mechanically removing accretions, desiccated adhesive, or old lining material. The following three examples are my favorite tools for these tasks, which I have either modified, fabricated, or purchased.
Two modifications have really improved the working properties of this tool for me: shaping the rounded edge and making the center handle thicker. I have left the pointy end of my spatula unmodified, but I added a single bevel to the rounded end with 3M micro-finishing film abrasive to make it more like a blade. This allows me to get the tool underneath very thin material. The unmodified octagonal handle is fine for quick work, but really becomes tiresome on the pads of my index finger and thumb after lengthy use. I used a common material known as Elastack (by Sutton Scientifics, Inc.) to increase the circumference of the handle and make it more comfortable to hold. Elastack is available in two levels of softness and is very quick to apply or re-wrap to adjust the shape of a tool.
The total time to make this tool was less than an hour and the material cost is quite low. After grinding the teeth off of the hacksaw blade and rough shaping the round edge using a belt sander, the final sharpening was done by hand. The handle is just thick horse butt leather cut to shape and adhered with PVA. Because the high-speed steel makes sharpening fairly quick, I find myself more likely to resharpen this knife than others in my collection made from harder steel.
A recent acquisition that I have been experimenting with lately is this micro-chisel made by Shanna Leino. With a bit of stropping, it is incredibly sharp and I find that it can do certain tasks better than a scalpel.
One method of mechanically removing a solid, brittle accretion is to press a blade vertically, very close to the edge of the layer and break it off (Ashley-Smith, 1992, p. 30). Of course there are many variables to consider on whether this is a safe or effective method to employ, but in cases where I have been able to use it, the micro-chisel works wonders. I suspect that it will also come in handy the next time I am creating a model of a wooden board binding, particularly for shaping the sewing support channels.
AT&T was installing fiber cable to our street over a week ago.. The technician forgot to replace the cement covers over the street-side underground cable/wire utility box in front of my neighbors house. In addition to being a trip hazard from both the open hole in the ground and the cement lids laying haphazardly next to the street, the wiring in the utility box is exposed to the corrosive salt air environment of our beach community. How can we let AT&T know they need to reseal their underground utility box?
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Different EA Help advisors have given me different explanations as to why certain older EA games on disc can no longer be redeemed to Origin. I have been told that EA Advisors have run out of Origin-compatible keys for these older games (but no explanation as to why someone at EA can't generate a new batch of a few more compatible keys so that EA customers who already own the PC editions of these games can redeem them on Origin); I have also been told that EA Advisors used to have a tool to convert the CD/DVD keys for these games into Origin-compatible keys, but that EA Help no longer has access to that software tool (I've never known a company to completely get rid of an internal business software tool even when it is phased out of general day-to-day office use if there is no replacement for that business software tool in place, but no explanation was provided as to why no one at EA has administrative access to this tool any longer).
Need for Speed Underground, Need for Speed Underground 2, Need for Speed Most Wanted (2005), Battlefield 1942 - The Road to Rome, Battlefield 1942 - Secret Weapons of WWII, and Battlefield Vietnam were never available for download from EA, so there is no way EA Help could add these to your Origin library unless EA makes them available for download at some point in the future.
As for Need for Speed Carbon Collector's Edition, since it was was briefly sold on Origin (and was sold as a direct download for a few years on EA Store prior to the existence of Origin), there isn't a legitimate reason why you shouldn't be able to redeem it (the standard edition of Carbon was never available for download though). Some of us have Need for Speed Carbon Collector's Edition in our Origin libraries and can still download it.
No it's not, at least not anymore. Trust me, i've contacted EA support 50 times. All they say is they have no option to add NFS carbon in our library, it's been some months since i last asked, but it's most likely the same situation
I bought Need for Speed Carbon Collector's Edition on EA Store and fortunately the game was transferred to my Origin account when Origin replaced EA Store, but I haven't had luck redeeming The Godfather, so I know exactly how you feel; I actually contacted EA Help when it was still possible for them to redeem a disc key for the The Godfather to an Origin account, but the EA Help advisor who was assigned to my support ticket didn't know how to do it (it was a comedy of errors that included him creating a separate Pogo.com account for me for some reason while attempting to redeem the game), and unfortunately I assumed it just wasn't possible. I later heard from a few people who were fortunate enough to encounter EA Help advisors who knew how to redeem the disc keys for The Godfather during the same time frame I had tried to get mine redeemed, but by the time I found this out and contacted EA Help again about the unresolved issue, it was too late. Most people with disc copies of the game probably ended up in the same boat I did. Contacting EA Help shouldn't be a game of roulette. The quality can really vary between advisors, and EA seems to invest less and less in their training. On average, contacting EA Help is currently probably about on par with consulting a Magic 8-Ball.
I understand that licensing agreements have ended for some of the IP. However, that should not prevent EA customers who already own these titles on disc from being able to redeem them to Origin. The games and DLC still exist on EA's servers. Those EA customers who were able to get them redeemed to their accounts can still download them via Origin (e.g. I can still download Need for Speed Carbon Collector's Edition and the Need for Speed Carbon Collector's Edition Bonus DVD content via Origin). There is no good reason why access shouldn't be extended to other EA customers who already own the PC editions of these games. I think this may well have more to do with EA thinking that by discontinuing redemption of these older titles, it will reduce its support footprint since several of the older games require some degree of troubleshooting (although these troubleshooting hurdles are typically minor affairs for the average PC gamer).
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