Thank you Colleen! I agree with you. The more we thought about it, the more our inner physicists came out. The distribution of force does seem to make the most sense. Guess we’ll be using smaller plates in the future until we can get ourselves a larger press. We’re working mostly on business cards right now, so that’ll be fine. More work, but hopefully beautiful results.Many thanks!HollyGrace Letterpress

Thanks for your reply! The plates are different sizes and we were not placing them in the exact same place. The plate that does give a deep impression is small, maybe 1.5″ by 1.5″. The other plates take up almost the entire base, which is 3.5″ by 6.5″. There doesn’t appear to be anything impeding the function of the platen. While experimenting we kept everything the same, even left the chase in place, and just switched out the plates. I want to believe there is something inconsistent in the platemaking, but they all came on the same sheet. Now wondering if the size would make a difference…???Many thanks for your ideas!Holly and LyndsayGrace Letterpress

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