Lance...I think your information is slightly off. While no residential electric service offers 3-phase, all residential service (at least around here) comes...
Hello! Im just about to purchase a Vandercook SP-25 with power carriage. Only problem is it has a 3phase electric motor on it. The only power i have in my shop...
I use a vandercook 219 with photopolymer plates for broadsides and books. I ususally print with Rives BFK damp and dry or sommerset. I would love to expand to...
I generally see the prime reasons for utilizing rubber based inks listed as: 1. One need not wash up the press after running the job. 2. The inks don't "skin"...
For those who might be interested, below is the info from Dave Robison about his Ink in Tubes. He also has very nice labels for the ink, which he prints on his...
I've been reading the many postings on inks and mixing and there's an experience we had recently that puzzled us, but no one has commented on similar...
I agree with Scott that the quick drying of oil-based ink is unbeatable. Rubber-based is nice because you can keep it on the press overnight, but it takes...
... need to strike a ... colors and make a strike ... trust my eye I ... But then I'm not dealing with a lot of "non- book" clients. Ah, letterpress! I guess...
We're having a party and you're all invited. The Museum of Printing <http://www.museumofprinting.org/> in North Andover MA is hosting the 3rd Annual Printing...
Hello, I am a beginner letterpress printer who is starting a business designing and printing. I am about to buy inks for my first few projects. Ideally I would...
Hey guys, you're driving me crazy. What the **** are tootsie rolls. ????????? Mike, at the Cockleshell Press, Surrey, ENGLAND. Letterpress Printer, - where...
Hi all: Regarding inks... if you are in the SF Bay Area, consider a visit to Western Printing Ink. They are on Potrero Hill, they are a local ink company, and ...
Buy Ink in Pantone Colours or Mix Colours? Hi Shelly I too am new and I opted for the Proline PPI inks. I bought a double primary group of colors along with...
Any letterpress printers going to the show? we'll be there for our third year. I was thinking of putting together a poker night. Anyone interested? bryan...
www.iccompundco.com makes a deglazer paste, also one for rapid color change and they have an awesome handcleaner. They actually have alot of useful stuff for...
Van Son "Rapid One Step" is a powerful solvent that will deglaze the oxidized ink on rubber rollers. it's also great for washup when switching from a dark ink...
here's my 2 cents on roller material. been at this 15 years if that's any basis for judgement. not as long as some, longer than many. Buna-N rubber is the...
I have a slight glaze on one of my rubber form rollers on my vandercook 219. The roller works fine right now, but should I consider deglazing it? Can anyone...
I'm a designer and novice printer and have had several requests to letterpress business cards. While I know many a fine printer would argue that letterpressed...
I am opening a new store in Dallas and plan on specializing in letterpress. I have two presses but am still an amateur so I don't plan to print the stationery...
Danny You should talk to Jim Rimmer or Theo Rehak or any number of other folks who are actually doing it. You can create your patterns with heavy board to use ...
i think you might be confused about the processes you refer to. copper electros were "grown" to duplicate already cast types as well as to make multiples of...
I put a new folder in the Links section that contains the various online movies on type and letterpress that were scattered helter-skelter about the site. I'd...
Geoff, Congratulations on your finds. My copy of the Stephenson Blake catalogue dated 1950 on the title page is labelled as 'Type Specimens : The Caslon Letter...
What are the specifications for getting the form rollers recovered? RotaDyne is only 30 minutes from me and I want to take my rollers to them but they do not...
If I had a Vandercook press, which I don't and they have gotten far too expensive for my modest hobby shop, (In the past I did own an SP-20 when I was involved...
