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System and method for locating and polishing a stain or protrusion on a surface of a vehicle. The stain or protrusion may be located by placing a plastic film between a portion of a human hand and the surface. The stain or protrusion may then be removed and/or polished by applying an applicator cont

System and method for locating and polishing a stain or protrusion on a surface of a vehicle. The stain or protrusion may be located by placing a plastic film between a portion of a human hand and the surface. The stain or protrusion may then be removed and/or polished by applying an applicator containing a plastic flexible tool to the stain or protrusion. The applicator may include a body made of flexible or compressible material having a cavity into which a variety of polishing tools may be disposed.

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System and method for locating and polishing a stain or protrusion on a surface of a vehicle. The stain or protrusion may be located by placing a plastic film between a portion of a human hand and the surface. The stain or protrusion may then be removed and/or polished by applying an applicator cont

System and method for locating and polishing a stain or protrusion on a surface of a vehicle. The stain or protrusion may be located by placing a plastic film between a portion of a human hand and the surface. The stain or protrusion may then be removed and/or polished by applying an applicator containing a plastic flexible tool to the stain or protrusion. The applicator may include a body made of flexible or compressible material having a cavity into which a variety of polishing tools may be disposed. s periphery processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a processing tooth having a shape corresponding to a shape of a tip end of said V-shaped portion, the processing tooth being positioned between the rough grinding wheel step and the finish grinding wheel step. 9. An eyeglasses lens periphery processing apparatus, comprising: lens frame shape measuring means having a contact element for contacting contact points on both sides of a V-shaped groove formed in an inner face of an eyeglasses lens frame; and grinding means for processing a lens for said eyeglasses frame forming a V-shaped portion on a periphery of said lens based on lens frame shape data from said lens frame shape measuring means; wherein said V-shaped portion of said eyeglasses lens when installed into said V-shaped groove of said eyeglasses lens frame provides contact at said contact points on said both sides of the groove, said contact points being substantially the deepest contact points of the groove, and wherein the contact element comprises a pair of gradually inclined faces forming a first opening angle from a tip end vertex, a pair of inclined face contact portions, and a pair of sharply inclined faces forming a second opening angle. 10. The lens periphery processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said first opening angle is larger than said second opening angle. 11. An eyeglasses lens periphery processing apparatus, comprising: lens frame shape measuring means having a contact element for contacting contact points on both sides of a V-shaped groove formed in an inner face of an eyeglasses lens frame; and grinding means for processing a lens for said eyeglasses frame forming a V-shaped portion on a periphery of said lens based on lens frame shape data from said lens frame shape measuring means; wherein said V-shaped portion of said eyeglasses lens when installed into said V-shaped groove of said eyeglasses lens frame provides contact at said contact points on said both sides of the groove, said contact points being substantially the deepest contact points of the groove, and wherein the contact element has a rectangular tip end. 12. An eyeglasses lens periphery processing apparatus, comprising: lens frame shape measuring means having a contact element for contacting contact points on both sides of a V-shaped groove formed in an inner face of an eyeglasses lens frame; and grinding means for processing a lens for said eyeglasses frame forming a V-shaped portion on a periphery of said lens based on lens frame shape data from said lens frame shape measuring means; wherein said V-shaped portion of said eyeglasses lens when installed into said V-shaped groove of said eyeglasses lens frame provides contact at said contact points on said both sides of the groove, said contact points being substantially the deepest contact points of the groove, and wherein the contact element has a rounded tip end. 13. A lens for eyeglasses comprising a V-shaped portion on its periphery in order to provide a secure framing by inserting the V-shaped portion of the lens into a V-shaped groove formed in an inner face of a lens frame, so as to provide a contact with contact points on both sides of the V-shaped groove of the lens frame. 14. A lens for eyeglasses comprising a V-shaped portion on its periphery in order to provide a secure framing by inserting the V-shaped portion of the lens into a V-shaped groove formed in an inner face of a lens frame, so as to provide a contact with contact points on both sides of the V-shaped groove of the lens frame, wherein the V-shaped portion has a pair of composite inclined faces and a tapered vertex. 15. A lens for eyeglasses, comprising a V-shaped portion on its periphery in order to provide a secure framing by inserting the V-shaped portion of the lens into a V-shaped groove formed in an inner face of a lens frame, so as to provide a contact with contact points on both sides of the V-shaped groove of the lens frame, wherein the V-shaped portion comprises a pair of gradually inclined faces that open at a first opening angle from a vertex of the V-shaped portion, a pair of contact portions, and a pair of sharply inclined faces opened at a second opening angle. 16. The lens for eyeglasses according to claim 15, wherein the first opening angle is larger than the second opening angle. 17. The lens for eyeglasses according to claim 16, wherein the first opening angle is larger than an opening angle between inclined faces of the V-shaped groove of the lens frame, and the second opening angle is smaller than the opening angle of the V-shaped groove. 18. The lens for eyeglasses according to claim 14, further comprising a pair of V-shaped portion shoulders between a front foot of the V-shaped portion and a lens front edge and between a rear foot of the V-shaped portion and a lens rear edge, respectively. 19. The lens for eyeglasses according to claim 15, wherein a cross section of the V-shaped portion of the lens is formed in a shape different from a triangle. 20. The lens for eyeglasses according to claim 19, wherein the V-shaped portion of the lens has a pentagonal cross section. in rotation of a plurality of parts of the article. 8. A toy according to claim 6 wherein the article is a scale model of a human figure and a rotatable joint is provided at the neck and/or between the arms such that rotation of the magnet in one or other or both rotatable joint, via movement of the movement means, results in rotation of the head and/or arms. 9. A toy according to claim 6 wherein the rotatable joint of the article is a ball joint and the first magnet is located in the same. 10. A toy according to claim 6 wherein the rotatable joint of the article is a cylindrical joint and the first magnet is located in the same. 11. A toy comprising a play base; at least one article which is moveable about an upper surface of said play base, said at least one article having at least a first magnet located in one or more moveable joints; and a second magnet positioned remotely and out of contact with the article and arranged to impart movement of said one or more moveable joints thereby providing animation of the at least one article, by movement of the article and/or the second magnet with respect to each other. 12. The toy according to claim 11 comprising a control means for providing movement of the article across the play base in a selected path defined by movement of the control means via interaction with a magnet provided in the base of the at least one article. 13. The toy according to claim 12 wherein as the article is moved across the surface of the play base using the control means, one or more moveable joints on the article are actuated to move when the article comes into proximity with the second magnet located on the play base. 14. The toy according to claim 13 wherein a number of magnets are provided in spaced locations on the play base. 15. The toy according to claim 1 wherein the movement of one or more parts of the article results in movement of one or more further articles or parts thereof. 16. A toy, said toy comprising at least one article with at least a first magnet positioned therein and having one or more moveable parts; and movement means with at least a second magnet rotatably positioned therein, to provide movement of one or more parts of said article when the said first and second magnets magnetically influence each other and wherein actuation of the movement means in a first direction results in movement of the part or parts of the article in a direction other than the said first direction. 17. A toy according to claim 16 wherein actuation in a linear direction causes rotational movement of the part of the article. 18. A toy comprising: an article having a body including a cavity therein and at least a first magnet rotatably mounted in the cavity, said at least a first magnet attached to a first appendage extending from the body, movement means for imparting movement to said at least a first magnet, said movement means positioned out of direct contact from the article. 19. The toy of claim 18 wherein the first appendage comprises an arm. 20. The toy of claim 18 wherein the first appendage comprises a neck or head. 21. The toy of claim 18 wherein the movement means comprises a second magnet. 22. The toy of claim 21 wherein movement of the second magnet induces the appendage to move simultaneously about two axis positioned 90° from each other. 23. The toy of claim 18 wherein the first appendage comprises wings. 24. The toy of claim 23 wherein the second magnet induces the first appendage to oscillate. 25. The toy of claim 18 wherein the first appendage is attached to the body with a moveable joint. 26. The toy of claim 25 wherein the at least first magnet is positioned in the moveable joint. 27. The toy of claim 25 wherein the joint comprises a ball joint. 28. The toy of claim 25 wherein movement of the second magnet induces the appendage to move simultaneously in two planes positioned 90° from each other. 29. The toy of claim 25 wherein the joint comprises a cylindrical joint. 30. The toy of claim 29 wherein cylindrical joint defines a spindle axis and the at least a first magnet is positioned to have a polar axis at a variance with the spindle axis. 31. The toy of claim 30 wherein the at least a first magnet is positioned such that its polar axis is at a 60° angle to the spindle axis. 32. The toy of claim 31 wherein the first appendage comprises a head. 33. The toy of claim 18 wherein the article comprises a second moveable appendage and wherein movement of the second magnet induces movement of the first appendage and the second appendage. 34. The toy of claim 33 wherein the first appendage comprises an arm and the second appendage comprises a neck, a head or both. 35. The toy of claim 18 wherein linear movement of the movement means imparts rotational movement to the at least a first magnet. 36. The toy of claim 18 wherein rotational movement of the movement means imparts rotational movement to the at least a first magnet. 37. The toy of claim 18 comprises a play base and wherein the article is moveable about the play base. 38. The toy of claim 37 wherein movement of the article with respect to the movement means induces movement of the first appendage. 39. The toy of claim 37 comprising control means for inducing movement of the article about the play base, said control means comprising a third magnet and the article comprises a base having a fourth magnet. 40. The toy of claim 37 comprising a plurality of movement means located at different positions on the play base. 41. The toy of claim 37 comprising a plurality of articles each article including a moveable appendage. 42. The toy of claim 41 wherein a single movement means induces movement of the moveable appendages in each of the plurality of articles. 43. The toy of claim 42 wherein the moveable appendages move simultaneously. 44. A toy comprising: an article having a body including a cavity therein and a first magnet rotatably mounted in the cavity, said first magnet attached to a first appendage extending from the body, a member having a distal end and a second magnet rotatably mounted on said distal end, and positioned to impart motion of the first magnet via the interaction of the magnetic fields of the first magnet and the second magnet. 45. The toy of claim 44 wherein the distal end of the member is positioned out of direct contact from the article. 46. The toy of claim 44 wherein the first appendage comprises an arm. 47. The toy of claim 44 wherein the first appendage comprises a neck. 48. The toy of claim 44 wherein the first appendage comprises a head. 49. The toy of claim 48 wherein movement of the second magnet induces the appendage to move simultaneously about two axis positioned 90° from each other. 50. The toy of claim 44 wherein the first appendage comprises wings. 51. The toy of claim 50 wherein the second magnet induces the first appendage to oscillate. 52. The toy of claim 44 wherein movement of the second magnet induces the appendage to move simultaneously in two planes positioned 90° from each other. 53. The toy of claim 44 comprising a plurality of articles each article including a moveable appendage. 54. The toy of claim 53 wherein movement of the second magnet induces movement of the moveable appendages in each of the plurality of articles. 55. 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The method according to claim 11, further comprising: curing the edge vacuum sealant at atmospheric pressure in a curing oven. 13. A method of fabricating a high vacuum device, comprising: placing two major sides of the high vacuum device in a vacuum chamber; heating the high vacuum device in a substantial vacuum to bond the two major sides together with at least one tack located between the two major sides that bonds to both of the major sides, wherein bonding to at least one of the major sides is a metallic bond formed by the heating, and wherein the bonded tack prevents subsequent misalignment of the two major sides, and wherein the heating sufficiently initiates a sealing process of an edge vacuum sealant of the high vacuum device to maintain a vacuum seal at atmospheric pressure; and removing the high vacuum device from the vacuum chamber while the edge vacuum sealant is in a low viscosity state. 14. 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FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to routine automatic calibration and recalibration of finished incremental-printer products, in the facilities of end-users. Such operation is to be distinguished from tests and measurements made in the course of research on or development of such printer products. With this in mind, the invention relates generally to machines and procedures for incremental printing of text or graphics on printing media; and more particularly to a scanning machine and method that construct text or images from individu