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Monthly Archives: February 2013
My First Foray into Custom Business Cards
This February has been full of firsts, not the least of which was my first set of custom letterpress business cards. I made them for my sweet and wonderful friend Jina. This simple project turned out to be much more … Continue reading
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Tagged business cards, custom, custom letterpress business cards, Jina, letterpress, owl, printing press, printing problems
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C&P Press Alterations
I finally took some pictures of the alterations that Doug and I made to the C&P. These changes were needed in order to slow the press down and make it a bit safer. First, we replaced the large pulley on … Continue reading
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Tagged C&P, e stop, emergency, motor, printing press, pulley
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Homemade Boxcar Base
This past weekend Doug finished making me a couple of aluminum bases for deep relief photopolymer plates! He milled down the aluminum to .853″ (+/- .0005″!). I never realized how difficult it would be to get such an exact tolerance … Continue reading
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Tagged aluminum, boxcar base, laser-engrave, milling machine, photopoly, photopolymer
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Girls on Presses
I spent today pulling apart the motor on my C&P. Well, Doug was the brains of the operation, but I added some much needed muscle. I want to slow the press down, so I need a new pulley for the … Continue reading
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Tagged C & P, Chandler & Price, letterpress, motor, printing, pulley, woman
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