Hopefully you have mine by now!

I shipped out mine on Monday January 28. Mine are around 3.5″x 5″.Thanks! Nadia

quick and dirty sample of what i’ve got so far attached, suggestions/advice needed!

I forgot to add I’ll be keeping track of all the billing, invoices, purchase orders, etc using Quickbooks, this is just something to help collect data in one place for job pricing and also for my old-fashioned husband to have on hand when he’s actually doing the printing out in the shop.

Hi Sara! I just joined LOL and my husband and I are just starting our business in Derry. How is it going for you, I know you posted this over a year ago :)Liz 

I just used quad gauges for the first time (Kort) and the tongues touched the base, but they didn’t crush anything so just be cautious when trying it out for the first time but you should be good 🙂

FWIW, the way the double grips are the tongue has some room for compression and on the quads it’s more rigid and less forgiving.

I print on them all the time.. there can be some crackling but if you get the grain direction and pressure right its typically minimal.I sell them blank in my etsy shop for those who want to order smaller quantities than Katz sells.. ladybugpress.etsy.comI have used the neenah blotter too its not nearly as heavy but it is nice stuff… less…[Read more]

Hello,I have always gone back to Alembic Press’s Typecase Lay Selection: http://www.alembicpress.co.uk/Alembicprs/SELCASE.HTMAlso I believe Harry Carter’s A View of Early Typography: Up to about 1600 has some background on case layout. Updike’s History of Printing Types would be my third go-to book.Cheers,Ameliacary.rit.edu

I have no problem scoring lettra, though I always score with the grain. I use 2 pt rule and chipboard as the matrix.

On the double grip the tongue is fine. You have to make sure that you don’t print on the tongue though. Nothing bad happens if you do, it just bends it a little. You have to make sure that the actual body of the double grip doesn’t get crushed by the base. I’ll put my plate on the base in the bottom left with the crop marks right up against the…[Read more]

I like Henry Compressible Gage pin from NA Graphics. They are designed to be used with photopolymer plates. Before I discovered them, I made my own using 3M Double Sided Foam Tape and a section of transparency sheet.

Hi Kerry,For what it’s worth, I use short pieces of brass rule as pins when I’m using a base. I’ll attach a photo. Let me know if you need any more info on this solution.Best of luck!

Hi Alan,Just checking back in on the chase bed situation. Excited to eventually get my Kelsey up and running!Happy new year!Best,Nicole

Sending mine out today. mine are 4bar size. 🙂 I can cross that one off my list!

Thanks for the info! I went ahead and got the Medium size 3.5 round from Katz. Printing soon – will update with review.

I hate katz, they are cheap but the surface cracks really easily.  I’ve heard neena blotter paper is best, but expensive

That’s okay.. we have 3 submissions in so far so exciting! The month of January turned out a lot busier for me than I expected so it took me a little longer to get mine done as well!