I have found that taking a Post-it note and taping it to the tympan where the bottom edge of the paper ends holds the paper against the cylinder without...
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michael babcock|inter...
interrobangl...
Feb 3, 2004 1:59 pm
cross posting after reading the post late last week on Rob Roy Kelly's passing i did some digging around on the 'net. not sure if this is what the NYTimes has...
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michael babcock|inter...
interrobangl...
Feb 3, 2004 2:08 pm
ah yes, neglected to mention: i have added Kelly and Hern to the iCal calendar of printerıs holidays i have published. does someone have Johnıs birth date?...
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chuck sumner
libdotso
Feb 4, 2004 7:08 am
Hello all, I'm wondering if anyone has words reguarding boxcar vs metal backed exposure times? ie: three minutes for a metal plate is roughly X minutes with a...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Feb 4, 2004 7:45 am
Chuck There is an antihalation (pre-exposed) layer on the floor of sheet photopolymer. (This is why you can't washout out completely to the floor.) In the...
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Brian Molanphy
bmolanphy
Feb 6, 2004 5:07 pm
i'm looking for moving advice. i would like to disassemble the c&p (manufactured 1895) as little as possible for transit. 1) at least the flywheel and the...
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iranewlander
Feb 6, 2004 10:17 pm
Brian, if I had a C&P, this is what I'd probably do because I tend to overdesign things like this. From a few sources, I have learned that there are hols on...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Feb 7, 2004 6:31 am
Brian You should seriously look at the archives over at Letpress for advice on this. http://listserv@.../archives/letpress.html The archives is...
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arizonaprinter
Feb 7, 2004 3:14 pm
My advice being an equipment mover is to first bolt it to 4 x 4's using large lag bolts and round the corners on the end of the 4 x 4's. Make sure the bottoms...
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Mark Wilden
MarkWilden
Feb 7, 2004 11:28 pm
Having been re-energized by Fritz's talk in SF, I've done a lot of work on the Vandercook information website recently (http://mwilden.com/vandercook/). Here...
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innererklang@...
innererklang
Feb 11, 2004 7:12 pm
Innerer Klang Press in Charlestown, MA is having a shop sale on February 21, 2004. Items for sale include a Heidelberg Windmill Press (10 x 15), a Vandercook...
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M a n i f e s t o P r...
printanarchist
Feb 11, 2004 7:35 pm
Mark What is the asking price for the windmill? I am scaling up production and would like to add a second one to my shop. Is it in good condition? Do you have...
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arizonaprinter@...
arizonaprinter
Feb 11, 2004 7:50 pm
Price on Vandercook & Any pictures arizonaprinte@... From: innererklang@... Reply-To: PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 14:11:55...
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innererklang@...
innererklang
Feb 11, 2004 7:57 pm
Bryan-- The initial asking price for the Windmill is $3750.00. If more than one person is interested on the day of the sale, I will be taking one round of...
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Oak Knoll Books
oakknollbooks
Feb 12, 2004 6:46 pm
Oak Knoll's Winter Sale Catalogue M558 is now available on the internet in electronic format. The Winter Sale Catalogue lists 1226 books about books and the...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Feb 15, 2004 6:06 am
Walter Hamady once suggested that his greatest contribution to printing was his use of the rubber door stop for securing the cylinder overlay when changing...
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Peter Fraterdeus
pfraterdeus
Feb 15, 2004 5:26 pm
Hi, Gerald Is that 'Securing the cylinder overlay when changing the tympan paper?' I can see that would be useful ;-) As I'm still in the non-magbase world...
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Roderick
rxchow
Feb 15, 2004 6:30 pm
Hi Peter, What are you making/doing with the cherrywood? Thanks, Roderick Peter Fraterdeus <peterf@...> wrote: Hi, Gerald Is that 'Securing the cylinder...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Feb 15, 2004 7:26 pm
Peter I've got some engravers blocks here but I have no idea how to tell the difference between cherrywood, boxwood, maple. Any clues? Gerald...
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Peter Fraterdeus
pfraterdeus
Feb 15, 2004 7:34 pm
Well, maybe I meant boxwood. I'm collecting wood type ;-) Just got a couple drawers from a Ukrainian printshop in Michigan, with hand cut Cyrillic glyphs. ciao...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Feb 16, 2004 7:38 am
Peter Well, yeah, sort of. Acts like a third hand when you really need one. Keeps the tympan secure to the cylinder when making adjustments or replacing. Helps...
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Peter Fraterdeus
pfraterdeus
Feb 16, 2004 3:26 pm
Gerald Oh, I can't claim any real expertise. Maple will of course be much lighter in color, often blonde. Cherry is redder. (Which seems appropriate!) Apple...
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Jessica Spring
vandercook2001
Feb 16, 2004 5:11 pm
Gerald-- Can you describe how you use the door stopper? I can certainly see the need, but don't see how you use it. Thanks, Jessica...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Feb 16, 2004 5:33 pm
Jessica When you change the packing or adjust the tympan, bring the carriage about halfway down the pressbed, stick the rubber door stop down in between the...
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Jessica Spring
vandercook2001
Feb 16, 2004 6:01 pm
Got it--that makes great sense. Thanks for the details--maybe I'll change the packing more now!...
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Paul W. Romaine
promaine2
Feb 17, 2004 12:09 am
Please excuse cross-posting. The Northern California Chapter of the the American Printing History Association is pleased to announce that it will meet this...
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yvonne tsang
nevyon
Feb 17, 2004 12:49 am
Gerald, Now I'm dying to know what your other 11 most useful tools for the Vandercook are. Would you share? Yvonne ... ...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Feb 17, 2004 1:36 am
Yvonne Well, just finished printing and I see there are well over a couple of dozen different kinds of tools laying around. Some unique, most rather mundane....
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Feb 17, 2004 2:50 am
Hi Paul This is an amazing book. Picked one up in the mid-nineties when they were first remaindered. Apparently these were all left in storage for so very many...
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Paul W Romaine
promaine2
Feb 17, 2004 3:08 am
Gerald, I must agree with you about the book. It's a fascinating perspective on WAD, both for creativity and a certain "je ne sais quoi" about him as a person....
