Hello. I had a few questions I'm hoping someone can answer. I have a Vandercook SP-15 that I recently purchased and am getting ready to use for the first time....
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Daniel Morris
featherweigh...
Oct 10, 2006 10:33 pm
If the guy measured it as 14 gauge it probably is. It doesn't need to be galvanized, just regular sheet steel, then primed and painted. If anything, make...
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luk726
Oct 10, 2006 9:15 pm
i dropped off the feed table to a sheet metal guy to remake. $225-$250. apparently banging it flat wasn't an option. what is the original feed table material?...
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amyarmato
Oct 10, 2006 6:17 pm
Admittedly these are "newbie" questions, hope you all don't mind: 1. What does one use to thicken really soupy rubber based ink? 2. What are some ideal less...
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luk726
Oct 10, 2006 5:05 pm
thanks a lot for the tip. i was prepared to turn that gear this weekend, but wanted to get a better tool so i wouldn't strip that gear. in the end, i just...
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luk726
Oct 10, 2006 4:58 pm
lots of progress on the press this weekend... after removing the bumpers at the end, i guided the whole carriage off. i hope it'll go back on as easy as it...
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esslemont@...
desslemont
Oct 10, 2006 3:40 pm
Likewise - I read the posting having returned from oak Knoll - I hope you record or webcast the event. David Esslemont Minneapolis www.solmentes.com ... From:...
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Michael Andrews
poetmik
Oct 10, 2006 2:34 pm
Hi Paul Very very very sorry to have missed this. Your posting arrived the day I had left to exhibit at Oak Knoll and I could have gone to this panel...
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parallel_imp
Oct 10, 2006 1:01 pm
... Yes, that's what I meant before when I said Vogue Bold could be "duplexed"; with Vogue Extrabold. Most text-size mats have a regular and an auxiliary...
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R.Wu
wu452003
Oct 10, 2006 9:47 am
Thanks Lance for the explanation. I was doing some label scans and found the following regarding spacing : there is more spacing of Vogue Bold if in combo with...
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john cornelisse
cornelisseap...
Oct 9, 2006 8:45 pm
... Sandberg and Hendrik Werkman they were big friends, and Sandberg did his best to collect as much as possible of all Werkman's printing for the Groningen...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Oct 9, 2006 8:03 pm
John There is also W. J. H. B. Sandberg. A recent book by Ad Petersen, _Sandberg, designer and director of the Stedelijk_, 010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 2004, has...
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john cornelisse
cornelisseap...
Oct 9, 2006 5:26 pm
... If it comes to Dutch resistance printers, the name of Werkman in Groningen comes to memory. He was executed for his activities but (besides his anti-german...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Oct 9, 2006 4:52 pm
The reason I put up the photos again is that one of my students mentioned she had done her thesis on the German underground printers. I doubt she had photos...
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Norman L McKnight
normanmcknight
Oct 9, 2006 4:06 pm
Matrix Seven is the issue which has the Dreyfus article on French Resistance Printers. It does contain a few of the photographs as well as the text with them....
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v918man
Oct 9, 2006 2:37 pm
A co-worker visited the Danish Resistance Museum in Copenhagen and took photos of the exhibit on clandestine presses. One photo of a homemade cylinder press is...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Oct 9, 2006 6:20 am
Crispin and Matt I looked through the Batty book tonight. No Dreyfus article on the resistance. I did have a collection of Matrix at one time but I sold it off...
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Crispin Elsted
crispinelsted
Oct 9, 2006 5:05 am
Dear Gerald, There was a very good article on French Resistance printing by John Dreyfus (with pictures, I seem to recall) in Matrix 7. I don't know whether it...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Oct 9, 2006 4:14 am
Matt There have been a couple of articles written on printer's involved in the resistance since this. I have kind of lost track of them (I may have written...
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wa0dfw@...
wa0dfw
Oct 9, 2006 4:02 am
Gerald, thank you for posting this site. I found it interesting and forwarded it to others who would be interested. Mo...
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Matt Kelsey
mvk14321
Oct 9, 2006 3:41 am
Gerald, These are amazing photos in so many ways. Do you know anything written more recently about the subject of printers in the French resistance? The photos...
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wa0dfw@...
wa0dfw
Oct 9, 2006 2:38 am
Brandon, if you have not figured it out yet, please scan the schematic and email it to me and I will look at it and see if I can suggest where to look. I have...
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Judith Behr
judipaper
Oct 8, 2006 6:30 pm
Reminds me of the story of Sophie Scholl in Germany who was executed for writing, printing and handing out leaflets opposing Hitler. ... -- Tim Honnor Managing...
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Lance Williams
lwwill7999
Oct 8, 2006 1:13 pm
Rene, You are missing one block for the printing of this label. Each color would have been printed with a separate block. The block for the yellow section is...
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Tim
timhonnor
Oct 8, 2006 8:45 am
... -- Tim Honnor Managing Director Piccolo Press Ltd 90 Harbour Street ~ Nairn ~ IV12 4PG 01667 454508 Http//:www.piccolopress.co.uk [Non-text portions of...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Oct 8, 2006 6:06 am
Hi Donna Yours are very good words. I don't think I've ever come to terms with the publication, it is quite heartwrenching. I collect off mainstream ...
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Donna Colomby
lincolnn1
Oct 8, 2006 3:29 am
Gerald, Those photos are amazing and very emotional for me. I didnąt know anything like these existed. They certainly give pause to consider the sacrifices...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Oct 8, 2006 2:56 am
I had a selection of photographs from the Imprimeries Clandestines issue of Le Point, 1945, in the photo section here for a while a long while back and when I...
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Rene Wu
wu452003
Oct 7, 2006 3:48 pm
I have just uploaded in the Record Labels section an unused printing block + Atco label scan. You can clearly see how the zinc was cut. How was this label logo...
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wa0dfw@...
wa0dfw
Oct 7, 2006 5:05 am
There are many types of photopolymers. Rubber stamps are made of much softer PP than letterpress plates, so I assume there are quite a number of different...
