Daniel http://www.alibaba.com/aboutalibaba/index.html Gerald http://BielerPress.blogspot.com ... someone happens to know of some. I wonder if they have any...
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thistleberry_press
thistleberry...
Nov 2, 2006 1:29 am
Hi, I apologize in advance for this question because I'm positive that it has been discussed here before but I've been fighting with my press all day and it...
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Jessica Spring
vandercook2001
Nov 2, 2006 1:54 am
magnesium...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Nov 2, 2006 4:44 am
Eric We will always be uncool. Mainly because, as a lot, we don't care about anything other than our own thing. That is the problem with contemporary studio...
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Matt Kelsey
mvk14321
Nov 2, 2006 4:52 am
I've been following with interest the discussion about a possible newly manufactured Vandercook-type press. It occurred to me that my recent experience might...
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Charles D. Jones
charlesd.jones
Nov 2, 2006 5:10 am
Hello Bethany, Calcium Carbonate and Magnesium Carbonate are often used. They are available at some drug stores but are common supplies available from Graphic...
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typetom@...
typetom2003
Nov 2, 2006 5:55 am
Congrats, Matt, on reissuing Cleeton & Pitkin's General Printing! It definitely has the best close-up photos for hand-setting metal type. The price for used...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Nov 2, 2006 8:07 am
Matt I had not seen _General Printing_ hit anywhere near the prices you indicate. Nevertheless, while I think your re-issue is a good thing and sorely needed,...
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Mike Jacobs
mikewillshir...
Nov 2, 2006 9:21 am
Really ???????????? How about Magnesia !!!!!!!!!!!!! That translates as Magnesium Carbonate Levi Mike Willshire Jacobs at the Cockleshell Press, England ...
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Norman L McKnight
normanmcknight
Nov 2, 2006 11:23 am
I have given away several original editions of General Printing to newcomers. It is by far the best guide for the beginning student, but the current prices are...
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Tim Benas
timbenas
Nov 2, 2006 2:39 pm
Good old body gum available from any graphic supply house will stiffen up soupy ink....
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thistleberry_press
thistleberry...
Nov 2, 2006 4:02 pm
Thanks everyone! I just got new rollers for my press and raised them quite a bit but am still getting a little ink squeeze on my prints and I thought I would...
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Boris Rousseeuw
boris_rousseeuw
Nov 2, 2006 4:33 pm
Good morning list, since I started hobby printing 17 years ago, I relied on a nearby commercial printer to make my yellow photopolymer plates. Now he tells my...
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enkidu@...
cornelisseap...
Nov 2, 2006 4:51 pm
... Dear Bethany, You should not have all this trouble with Van Sons's oil based ink. Are you sure your rolls are at the desired height ? There are some rolls...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Nov 2, 2006 5:40 pm
Bethany Magnesium carbonate is a very stable chemical buffer, thus it has a great many different industrial, and other, purposes and uses (rock climbers rub it...
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alex brooks
skalex123
Nov 2, 2006 8:36 pm
Recently i've switched from van son rubber base (which i was taught with and have used by default) to litho inks. I love them. Perfect for auto inking on the...
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parallel_imp
Nov 3, 2006 3:51 pm
... [ . . . ] ... It'd help to be more precise in describing inks, since "litho ink" describes most ink that is made. All the Van Son inks (oil, rubber, ...
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alex brooks
skalex123
Nov 3, 2006 4:06 pm
... sorry- yes I meant printmaking ink for plate and stone lithography, not offset ink. In printmaking catalogs like Graphic Chemical they are know as litho...
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Lance Williams
lwwill7999
Nov 5, 2006 5:46 pm
I have just finished scanning and converting to PDF files the following books from Linotype: Useful Matrix Information (1937). Has 120 pages of information...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Nov 6, 2006 2:24 am
Reference sources can be found on site at Links (bookmarks), Files (text documents), Messages (archives), Photos (images), Database (data tables). Members are...
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Charles D. Jones
charlesd.jones
Nov 7, 2006 4:26 am
LaNana Creek Press Summer Book and Letterpress Intensive July 8—August 5, 2007 The LaNana Creek Press and the School of Art at Stephen F. Austin State ...
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ausart1938
Nov 7, 2006 11:17 am
At the Gulgong Museum we have a Ronai Proof press, it was designed to take Miehle Vertical formes and has the Miehle type grippers. This machine is in poor...
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parallel_imp
Nov 7, 2006 3:36 pm
... Arthur, that sounds interesting. Do you have photos posted anywhere, particularly the Ronai? A quick websearch showed some references to the Museum, a...
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inferno_press
Nov 8, 2006 11:09 pm
I will be visiting London from December 6 through 19 and would like to indulge my interest in fine printing while I'm there. In addition to St Bride's,...
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parallel_imp
Nov 9, 2006 12:18 am
... The Monotype Museum is reported to be closed. There is a Google group with some information (and speculation) but no recent activity: ...
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Jessica Spring
vandercook2001
Nov 9, 2006 1:55 am
I'd highly recommend taking a train trip to Oldham to see Incline Press, if they have time for a visitor. Their work is amazing. ...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Nov 9, 2006 7:33 am
Alex If you ever come across any of the Sinclair-Valentine "Stone" inks, buy em. The colors are great, especially the reds; never found a black. As I recall,...
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Thomas Krakowiak
tkrakowi
Nov 9, 2006 10:57 pm
I have a problem with the gripper pressure on our Vandercook Universal I. I have taken this assembly apart and put it back together but could not see anything...
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David Goodrich
dlgoodrich2000
Nov 9, 2006 11:53 pm
There is a small printing museum at the Oxford University Press in Oxford. It contains such things as the matrices for the Fell types and several presses. It...
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Michael Barnes
mjbarnes2002
Nov 10, 2006 12:33 am
Too bad it is small and unknown. In the 1950s, when Harry Duncan worked there, something grander was envisaged. Some info on his activities there is contained...
