I have used linoleum on both my vandercook 4 and chandler price 10 x 15 for years. I found the easiest thing for me is to use unmounted linoleum and secure it to a wooden base with rubber cement. I reuse the wooden base on all linocut projects and peel off the linoleum to store it. I start with the old gummed-up base, put a layer of rubber cement…[Read more]

Contortion, it’s the only way to go. Do you have a set of impression blocks? I found that these were the only thing that allowed me to get the consistency I needed. Can’t remember where I got them now.