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I may have lucked into something good. I put out a post on our county
FreeCycle Yahoo group for a heat-type laminator. It surprised me, but
I got a response. I went over and picked it up last night (free, of
course; that's what FreeCycle is all about), and this thing is an old
GBC Model 418-LM roll-type laminator. I haven't measured the rollers
yet because I didn't have anything handy that long. They're probably
18 - 20 inches, and there are 3 rubber rollers and one heated metal
roller. The rollers are about 2.5" in diameter. Looking at the
rollers and the diagram on the back, it's possible to manually feed a
board straight through. This machine must weigh about 50 pounds. It
has a temperature control pot or rheostat on the back.

There are some large electrolytic capacitors on this thing, so when I
check it out, I'm going to bring it up slowly on a Variac.

I sent an email to GBC to see if they can send me some info from their
archives.

Cheers,
Ted