https://ladiesofletterpress.com/members/laurawentzel/activity/ Activity feed for Laura Wentzel. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:22:04 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 444a5da96d088b3ddbab8c32f4eb330e https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/ink-disappears-and-reappears-on-c-and-p/#post-2961 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:36:13 -0400 Hi Shayna,Cute lobster!So mine looked like that… where it changed the areas of disappearance. What I found as the problem was that I left the rollers on my press all the time (they are SO hard to take on and off). So then flat spots would occur on the taped trucks/rails. Do you leave yours on the press?If not, it could be a myriad of things:…[Read more]

]]> f563596fe294f6e1c548b1d1ddb5b0da https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/ink-disappears-and-reappears-on-c-and-p/#post-2957 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:42:23 -0400 Yup! That’s exactly what happened. The trucks sitting on the rails created a flat spot (they’re taped up so there’s some cushion). That solved the problem!

]]> 71ee8278dd2f8c5c63ad298b00fe8b39 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/ink-disappears-and-reappears-on-c-and-p/#post-2949 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:00:40 -0500 Oh yes, you’re right — I mixed up Morgan Expansion Trucks for the Delrin ones. Thanks for the correction! 

]]> 493ea597f979aced9a3e63cdf003ce11 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/ink-disappears-and-reappears-on-c-and-p/#post-2948 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:10:41 -0500 Good to know!I recently put a clean layer of tape down as well and it seems to help — I’ve got to keep printing for awhile to see if it turns up again but so far so good. I’ve heard good and bad things regarding Delrin trucks and NA Graphics doesn’t recommend them for a C&P press ( he mentioned because of inconsistent inking?) but if yours seem…[Read more]

]]> 5ebadc1a273b52faf0a895f401aada98 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/ink-disappears-and-reappears-on-c-and-p/#post-2946 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:51:41 -0500 oh interesting! Chalk! Hm… I’m going to try that.Yes, sometimes ink/ink wash can get on the rails as I’m cleaning up so it could be skidding from that. Thank you for the tip!

]]> b9c15b9253fb5992183ebaadf66a69a7 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/ink-disappears-and-reappears-on-c-and-p/#post-2944 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:01:51 -0500 Hi Dee,Thanks!I just recently checked all four corners of the press and adjusted accordingly. The impression is even, it’s just that the rollers are not inking up the plate in certain areas. I think I’ll re-tape my rails and trucks to “freshen” it up today and see if that can make a difference. Thank you for helping to problem solve this with m…[Read more]

]]> 0fe2f0334093b05a6364996be53809e8 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/putting-on-and-taking-off-rollers-on-an-8x12-c-and-p/#post-2461 Sun, 08 May 2011 14:30:48 -0400 Thank you for the visual! It’s really great to see. I do not have that rod unfortunately. Maybe I can re-create it. Michael, thanks for the step-by-step. It’s how I am doing it as well but it takes a bit more effort. Or maybe I’m not as strong! 🙂  

]]> 8230f97e4f0d7b27c0e393d08c9a9ba9 https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/putting-on-and-taking-off-rollers-on-an-8x12-c-and-p/#post-2458 Sat, 07 May 2011 12:39:23 -0400 It has, what I am assuming, a few oil holes… where would the hole for the pin be located?

]]> 75749c9a335bc90e8683d8c8769a51bb https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/putting-on-and-taking-off-rollers-on-an-8x12-c-and-p/#post-2456 Tue, 03 May 2011 11:57:26 -0400 Thanks!So you let the rollers lay over the ink disc? I’m afraid to do that because there’s so much tension that I don’t want to bend the cores. I have been doing your method of order though.  There also doesn’t seem to be much room when I pivot the top saddle to get the second roller in. That’s the hardest one! :)Thanks so much for your help though!

]]> bd81b3fd9dcde042c11c2b46608c9cfd https://ladiesofletterpress.com/topic/putting-on-and-taking-off-rollers-on-an-8x12-c-and-p/#post-2453 Mon, 02 May 2011 13:48:36 -0400 Thanks Kelly! I checked it out and my press doesn’t have that 2” long rod that sticks out. It doesn’t have any sort of tool to help pull the saddles up to place the rollers in.  

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