Someone has asked me to cast some type to fill out a font they already have. For reasons unknown, he has almost no capital S and is also short on capital C and T. He mailed me a sample type…
Author: kpmartin
More home-made Monotype Caster parts
Someone had asked me for some parts for their Monotype Compositon Caster. Like me, he has the pump latch mechanism but he’s missing the modified pump spring rod and spacer sleeve, so he asked me to make a set for…
Some observations on home-made composition rollers
In a post about two years ago concerning our then-newly-acquired Kelsey press I mentioned that I had made my own composition rollers for it. Someone had inquired about how I made these, and it has taken me this long to…
Introductory Papermaking Workshop in February
We’ve had some people asking us about our Introductory Papermaking Workshop this February. They’re flexible about when they can be here, but we will probably hold it on a Saturday. If you might be interested in this workshop, please get…
An enjoyable marbling workshop
After seeming like we might have up to six people attending yesterday’s marbling workshop, we actually ended up with only two. However, we all had a good time, even Lily did some marbling. The trays we were using are 9×12…
Marbling Workshop, Saturday January 10th 2015
We will be holding an introductory workshop on western marbling using acrylic paints from 9am-4pm on Saturday, January 10th 2015. The fee for this workshop is $65 plus HST. If you would like to attend, please don’t hesitate to contact…
Crazy Sharp!
This morning I was setting up some paper to cut on our guillotine. I was positioning the stack of paper under the clamp when I noticed that the edge of the clamp didn’t feel “right” against my knuckle. That’s when…
An interesting book about pulp & paper science
After a recommendation on the Papermaking Yahoo Group a few months ago, I purchased a copy of Pulp Technology and Treatment for Paper by James d’A. Clark, published in 1978 by Miller Freeman Publications, San Fransisco, California. I purchased my…
A Musical Connection Between Letterpress and Christmas
Many people already know that music for the familiar Christmas carol Hark! the Herald Angels Sing is credited to Felix Mendelssohn. Through a series of messages on the LETPRESS mailing list, I found out just recently that the original Mendelssohn work…
A Minecraft black hole
Lily has taken a liking to playing Minecraft, and I’ve been sucked into it as well. We have 6 computers networked together here at our home and store, so it made sense to set up a network server so we…
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