Using the correct terminology sure helps when it comes time to order parts, pieces and tid bits of printing material. We had a request for a bale arm the other...
Actually, there is such a thing as a "bale arm," just apparently not in the "blue prints." Gerald ... parts, ... bale arm the ... around now for ... ...
I'll go along with Gerald on this one... My father always referred to the "metal clamps" that hold the tympan on the platen as the "bale arms" he worked on...
Dear All, the week of April 10th through the 16th is National Library Week. The local city-county library is featuring a letterpress display which I am ...
The extremely long and interesting discussion about galleys vs trays reminded me of my college days at Cal State Los Angeles with Richard Hoffman. Mr. Hoffman...
... Might I suggest you contact Miss Lise Smith of Fitzwilliam College , Cambridge. Not only is she admirably qualified but her birthday falls on April 1st in...
Crispin Elsted, Please send your Glossary of Printer's Terms. Thank you. Gene Pawlowski ... Further to all this -- and because I believe firmly in correct...
Greetings to all: Can any of you suggest a source for small quantities of 500 gsm "Somerset Rough" stock? By small quantities, I mean fewer than 25 of the...
Dear Alex, These ancient terms are "lost" if you don't work with them. Best Wishes, and no fights, Regis alex brooks <alexbrooks@...> wrote: When I was...
In addition to their invaluable letterpress resources, directory, and classified ads, Briar Press has recently added a discussion list to their web site: ...
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Kent Manske
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Apr 2, 2005 2:02 am
In the printmaking studio where I teach, for health & safety reasons, we use as little volatile solvents as necessary. We generally use Crisco oil (vegetable...
Kathleen Tinkel's venerable Compuserve DTP forum has moved to a web site of its own. http://desktoppublishingforum.com/ This was the first e-mail list I ever...
I started a thread (which didn't go too far) on how we "package" books and pamphlets. Specifically, I referred to additional wrappers and even artwork added as...
Paul-- With your permission, I'd like to use your examples in a class I'm teaching about editioning this summer at the OBAG Focus Conference--they provide ...
Except for four titles, our packiaging of books is pretty mundaine, considering that we are a publisher of school books and forms. In general, hardbound books...
I'd like to add a few more examples. * Aluminum bindings... * Unusual book box structures, such as the Hedi Kyle binding for the new Bringhurst poem being...
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... Dear Paul, This is endless, I've some books one of them: isbn 90 76452 63 6 Western Binding techniques from Middle ages to the present, Peter Goddijn in...
Hi Paul Well, usually it is whatever the book demands. And what I can afford in the way of binding. The latter is actually a very important consideration here....
John: I've purposely wanted to avoid bringing up the question with binding discussion groups, where this topic (and similar ones) has been discussed on many...
Richard-Gabriel Rummonds is featured in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education this week. Unfortunately, no illustrations in the online article, which...
Wow. This looks like quite a non-traditional party ;-) Not to be a stick-in-the-mud, but I'm left wondering if there's any typography going on out there at...
Hi Gerald, Thanks for your comments on base size for Vandercook. I've been doing some looking around and think I'm going to narrow it down to starting with a...
Dear Julie, I have been using a boxcar base with the polyester backed plates. I find a very beautiful image using oil based inks. The impression is of the...
... By working closely with the machinists that make our bases we've been able to hold the same thickness tolerances (+/- 0.001") on our large bases as on our...
Dear Mr Pawlowski, I have attached the Glossary to this e.mail, and I hope it opens properly. Thanks for your interest. Sorry I was delayed in replying, but...
Paul Yes, as you, I would like to hear more from fine press printer-publishers as well on this topic. But as we both well know, they don't participate. Which...
