Ladies of Letterpress | Dee Elling | Activity https://ladiesofletterpress.com/members/deeelling/activity/ Activity feed for Dee Elling. Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:54:16 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 cae0dc5bbe8f5b62a0b1a1ebc00c4d21 Dee Elling replied to the topic Eco-friendly oil options for C&P Pilot? in the forum Press Troubleshooting, Tips, and Help https://ladiesofletterpress.com/forums/topic/eco-friendly-oil-options-for-cp-pilot/#post-8069 Sat, 29 Jun 2019 19:20:44 -0400 Hi Christina! Don’t you love your Pilot? I love mine! I use sewing machine oil. It’s not “eco-friendly” but it is light and doesn’t get too stinky or gooey. I use kitchen vegetable oil for cleaning up ink disk and rollers (plus a final wipe with odorless mineral spirits), but I don’t think vegetable oil would hold up as a lubricant on cast iron…[Read more]

]]> fb679cc1221068b9bd5bba68a9cd6bd0 Dee Elling replied to the topic table top press on wheels in the forum Press Troubleshooting, Tips, and Help https://ladiesofletterpress.com/forums/topic/table-top-press-on-wheels/#post-7454 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 23:14:16 -0500 Hi Karly,
Not sure this is quite what you want but here is my experience.

I decided to make a traveling kit for a 3×5 Kelsey. I got a big plastic box on wheels, the kind you see at airports, that pro photographers use. It is much more protective than the wheeled craft or sewing machine carts. I got it used on ebay. I rearranged the foam (some…[Read more]

]]> df05cd80f99a421fd76c9da578f88e5c Dee Elling replied to the topic How do you calculate your paper overage? in the forum Business Matters https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/how-do-you-calculate-your-paper-overage/#post-6812 Sat, 19 Aug 2017 14:49:31 -0400 Hi Harold,I took a letterpress class from Nathan Atkinson, lifelong printer, at San Francisco City College and his course material included the following:

  • calculate 3% spoilage for each run through the press, including for scoring or perforating (that’s 3% of the total number of prints you want to have in the end)

also he advises:

  • all cuts must…

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]]> 6003286ff31cdcf3ff50d605a01b71a8 Dee Elling replied to the topic Is good idea to buy this one? in the forum Supplies and Sources https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/is-good-idea-to-buy-this-one/#post-6810 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 05:47:09 -0400 I agree with Bill. Restoration is tricky. Some hands-on experience will guide you. If you can find a local letterpress shop, museum, art/trade school, or letterpress/book arts community that has presses, they can be of immense help to you in learning what press you really enjoy and can use. Also consider a larger press, these little ones are very…[Read more]

]]> 40b6e44579839ff1d5894956b55f40b8 Dee Elling posted an update: @brianna Hi Brianna, I thought I wanted a Vandercook but […] https://ladiesofletterpress.com/activity/p/4/ Sun, 27 Dec 2015 00:28:16 -0500 @brianna Hi Brianna, I thought I wanted a Vandercook but realistically I need to start smaller, since I am a beginner. Dang, I hate being realistic! Do you have a shop in Berkeley? Nice to meet another Berkeleyite who is into letterpress.  -Dee 

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