Chris In response to your inquiry: For what you intend to do I think you are on the right track re machine and base. I have an A&V and the machine has never...
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flywheel@...
Sep 19, 2001 5:21 am
Gerald Thanks so much for the information. I've talked to the sales rep for A/V and will probably go visit them in the near future. It kinda seems like a no ...
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Gerald Lange
bieler@...
Sep 19, 2001 6:15 am
Dear Chris Happy to hear you have a A/V rep close by. That will help a lot. Re: the Buntings. At that size they run 667 each single/617 each at 2 to 5/578 at...
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dpwall@...
Sep 21, 2001 12:37 pm
I am interested in hearing some of the pros and cons of the various machines as they compare to one another. Can anyone offer opinions in this regard? Thanks, ...
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Gerald Lange
bieler@...
Sep 21, 2001 5:36 pm
This is back up on eBay, for about the third time. Either the guy isn't getting any bids and keeps putting it up or he is using eBay to sell one machine after...
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Frank Cabral
cabral@...
Sep 21, 2001 6:05 pm
Hello David, We use a Anderson Vreeland orbital washout unit. It is very simple and does not have many variables. It is basically exposing the properly dense ...
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Brian Molanphy
bmolanphy@...
Sep 21, 2001 6:44 pm
... so gerald, tell me. i bought a case of ms-158's from gene becker in june. do you know what kind of shelf life they have? and who knows how long ...
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Gerald Lange
bieler@...
Sep 21, 2001 7:42 pm
Dear Brian Good question. Almost too good of a question. Don't know much about Becker's stock or how long he's had the material. Guess you'd have to ask him. I...
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Gerald Lange
bieler@...
Sep 22, 2001 7:43 pm
Apologies. I didn't mean to be an alarmist with that last post on shelf-life. Knowing that raw stock has a limited shelf-life is useful information in itself....
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Yehuda Miklaf
mfritz@...
Sep 23, 2001 7:04 pm
I thought that the information about shelf life was the answer to my probelm, but after reading this last message from Gerald, I am still wondering. I have...
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lunalux
lunalux@...
Sep 23, 2001 8:11 pm
The thick/blurry areas in your type sound like the effect of air being trapped between plate and negative. As a routine, I apply a very small amount of talcum...
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Yehuda Miklaf
mfritz@...
Sep 24, 2001 6:34 pm
Thank you, Tim. I have been using the talcum, but haven't tried the paper strips. which I will. Yehuda...
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ScottB9411@...
Sep 24, 2001 9:32 pm
Something I have discovered is that if the negative overhangs the plate material, and the image is close to the edge, just the effect of the vacuum at the...
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Harold Kyle
harold@...
Sep 25, 2001 7:05 pm
I just successfully made a plate on material that was two years old. This isn't my usual procedure--usually I deplete my stock of plates every two to three...
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Gerald Lange
bieler@...
Sep 26, 2001 3:05 am
PPL members Minnesota Center for Book Arts has a Vandercook SP-25 for sale. Bit of a rare animal. Bed size is 25 x 25 (approximately). I've seen this one, full...
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Harold Kyle
harold@...
Sep 26, 2001 3:13 am
... I've printed on it and could answer related questions. I don't work for MCBA any more so my comments don't weigh much. Not as much as that press does,...
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Joel Benson
joel.benson@...
Sep 26, 2001 5:40 pm
"I found if I put 4 points worth of leads right around the plate edges it eliminated this. Scott Baldwin" This technique works for me, too. I might add that I...
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Gerald Lange
bieler@...
Sep 27, 2001 6:23 am
Thought I'd add my usual two-cents worth to this thread. Not sure what kind of machines, devices, contraptions, etc you are all using but given just about...
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The Indian Hill Press
mail@...
Sep 27, 2001 11:44 am
Not sure what people mean by "blurry" plates, but we have had a consistent problem with our plates. We use metal-backed photopolymer to print heavy blockprint...
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Gerald Lange
bieler@...
Sep 28, 2001 2:20 am
Dear Dan Couple of considerations for this. I've not specifically encountered this before but based on technical information mixed with a bit of theory I'll...
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lunalux
lunalux@...
Sep 28, 2001 3:40 am
To put it simply, when I expose "normal" negatives, say a short poem for a broadside in, lets say, Goudy 18pt with 36pt title for example, my main (normal)...
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Gerald Lange
bieler@...
Sep 28, 2001 5:02 am
Dear Tim Your theory is sound, but the formula won't work in all cases. They won't work on my machine and in my practice for instance. We are all here using a...
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Frank Cabral
cabral@...
Sep 28, 2001 6:39 pm
... When I place the negative on the plate it is right reading emulsion down. I have, by mistake exposed the film with the emulsion up and always get a plate...
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jhenry@...
Sep 28, 2001 6:46 pm
I have two Photopolymer plate exposure frames for sale. They were used in testing at a manufacturing plant near here & I thought there would be some interested...
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Frank Cabral
cabral@...
Sep 28, 2001 7:08 pm
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Gerald Lange
bieler@...
Sep 29, 2001 6:34 am
PPL: I recently had an inquiry about cylinder carriage bearing adjustments on a Vandercook. While I am generally hesitant to give this information out because...
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lunalux
lunalux@...
Sep 29, 2001 10:10 pm
Mr. Cabral wrote that he places his negatives "Right reading emulsion Down", for ten years I have always exposed my plates emulsion to plate and it is always...
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lunalux
lunalux@...
Sep 29, 2001 10:15 pm
Gerald - quite right! The unit I use is a NuArc vacuum frame with a home-made bank of 20watt UV bulbs, 4 to be exact, suspended approximately 2.5 inches above...
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Frank Cabral
cabral@...
Sep 30, 2001 12:29 am
Hello I wrote that note too quickly, excuse me. The film we make is made right reading emulsion up and when exposing the plates the emulsion faces the plate...
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Gerald Lange
bieler@...
Oct 1, 2001 4:53 am
... Dear Frank My A&V rep told me the same thing, and I always put vinegar in the wash (he said a cupful). He said it would keep mineral deposits from ...
