Tabling this for the moment…even the smallest cylinder press won’t fit through the door of the potential space, and we’d need to use cylinder presses for a co-op studio, so that just won’t do!

Jessica’s advice is great. Another way to give it a try is  set up the press with an old plate, Once all your adjustments are made, put your new plate on. That way if there is a problem, you have not damaged a plate that you still need to use. It is always better to error on not enough packing and work your way up to the correct pressure you are…[Read more]

I’ll need a roommate ~  MWF easy to get along with!  😉 Stephanie

Awesome! That makes me very happy!

Yes, yes, and yes!

I did know about the conference, but not about that particular panel! I wish we could make it – we have 2 personal events 2 days in a row in completely different parts of the country right when it’s happening, though. Will there possibly be transcripts/video/audio available post-conference??

So awesome that you’re doing this! You know (shameless conference promotion) that we’re having a panel at LofLCon on starting a community print shop, right? It would be great if you could come!

I’ve used 220 on a Vandercook and smashed photopolymer pretty hard with no troubles. Definitely adjust the packing first, though!

In a local antique shop we found a very used set of silver metal tables.  (Think grunge-loft-paint splattered-industrial.  I love them, but my husband just doesn’t get it!  Anyway…the Pilot will be mounted on one of the tables.)  My press instructor advised that I get a solid cabinet-grade piece of lumber to place on the table’s metal top and t…[Read more]

That’s what I was taught to do, but I guess because I’m still a newbie printer I’m afraid even without all the tympan it would be too thick. Maybe I worry for naught!

I’ve printed with this and other thick papers on cylinder presses. The trick to avoid smashing type is to adjust the amount of packing you’re using to accommodate the thickness of the paper. Remove the number of sheets of packing that add up to about the same thickness to your paper — I like to remove more than enough, then slowly add sheets…[Read more]

Here’s the link for more photos – http://www.etsy.com/listing/68253581/antique-letterpress-printer-block-drawer. The next-to-last photo shows possible holes left over from moving the drawer pull (if one side was chopped off), and the last photo makes it look possibly chopped as well. Maybe the brass corners were meant to hide that?

I’ve never seen a two-thirds case like this…it looks to me like someone chopped the right-most section off a full-size job case.  Does the left edge look thicker than the right to you?

Ok, so I saw this and I had to know! It’s almost like this one (the middle and right parts, anyway). I want to think it’s a job case, but I couldn’t find it on the extensive Alembic Press site . . . maybe for a Kelsey?