This weekend was our Rural Routes Studio Tour, during which I was demonstrating paper marbling. I spent quite a bit of time describing what I was doing, warning people to keep out of the spatter zone, and (when there were…
Author: kpmartin
Monotype Pneumatics: A new paper tower air supply connector
What with helping to get our daughter’s Hallowe’en costume finished in time, and trying to clean our store for the studio tour coming up this weekend, I have had little time to work on my Monotype. The current tasks are…
Monotype Pneumatics: The Mould Signalling valve
Last but not least of the control valves to be serviced on my Monotype caster is what I refer to as the Mould Signalling control valve. Depending on what options the caster is fitted with, this valve might be used…
Monotype Pneumatics: The Quadding and Centering control valve
After a short side trip to test and trace the individual air lines on my caster I have returned to the task of refurbishing the various pneumatic control valves. The next one to do is the Quadding and Centering control…
Confused Monotype Pneumatics, Part 2
On removing the dummy plate on my Unit Adding valve base and testing individual air lines, I have determined that: This valve uses lines I, K, N, 0005, and 0075 (not J, K, N, 0005, and 0075 as my manual…
Confused Monotype Pneumatics
Using a sports inflator needle to apply compressed air to each air line individually, I am finding several oddities. The first is certainly not unexpected: Several of the airpins are sticking. I think my best bet for these is to…
Catalogue and New Products List updated
The PDF versions of our catalogue and New Products List have been updated to fix a couple of mistakes, to update the pricing for 1st cut cotton linters, and to add our new #16 needles.
Price increase for 1st cut cotton linters pulp
We recently purchased a new lot of 1st cut cotton linters pulp and have found that the wholesale price has risen substantially since we last restocked. As a result, effective immediately, we are raising our price for this pulp to…
Monotype Pneumatics: Paper Tower air supply
Just for a lark, I tried connecting my Monotype caster to a compressed air supply, and found that the air connection to the paper tower leaked so badly that the (admittedly small) compressor could not keep up. I tried putting…
Monotype Pneumatics: Two Steps Forward (again)
After breaking two pipe ends while reinstalling the mounting plate for the Unit Adding valve, I decided that soldering in new ends would be easier than trying to get a flaring tool into the tight spots under the Monotype caster’s…
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