I finally got new lighting installed in my basement workshop. The old lighting was essentially two single fixtures with 60- or 100-watt-equivalent CFL bulbs in them. The new lighting is 8 dual 48″ T8 fluorescent fixtures. To be fair, that…
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Crossheads reinstalled on Monotype pump head
The two press-fit parts that I probably should never have disassembled on my Monotype caster pump head are now back together again. As mentioned in my previous post I had already reassembled the Pump Body Spring Rod 31H1 and its…
Washi Workshop Wednesday, June 26th 2013
We will be holding an impromptu workshop on making washi (Japanese-style paper) on Wednesday, June 26th 2013 from 10am to 5pm at our store in New Dundee, and we have room for a couple more people. This will be a…
Waterloo Mini Maker Faire this Saturday!
We’re starting to get things ready to bring to our papermaking demonstration at the Waterloo Mini Maker Faire which will take place this Saturday, June 15th 2013, at Kitchener City Hall. The Faire runs from 10am-10pm, and its looks like…
Monotype pump head parts cleaning completed
All the parts for the pump head on my Monotype Composition caster are now clean and mostly shiny. There are two cotter (split) pins which I did not bother cleaning since I plan on replacing them. The lower crosshead 19H1,…
Progress on our Rural Routes auction item
The monthly auction of items to support the Rural Routes Studio Tour continues. This month’s auction features a set of three beautiful flowerpots mounted on a pine plank, from Dundee Pottery and Stained Glass. We are still working on our…
A little spring cleaning
The only parts of the Monotype pump head left to clean are the three long springs. To soak these in paint remover I made a trough from aluminum foil with the ends folded over several times. Some scraps of lumber…
Slotwall display unit for sale
We have a column finished with slotwall along with some slotwall accessories for sale. We formerly used this to display books and other literature. It is approximately 48 inches wide, 12 inches deep, and 37 inches tall, and was made…
Wool blanket couches for sale
We were doing some cleaning up and ran across a stack of wool blanket couches which we used for papermaking before we were even involved with the Papertrail. We don’t really have a use for them any more so we’re…
Finished Washi from 2010
A while ago I posted a video of me making washi while we were in Prince Edward Island but I have yet to post anything about the results. Unfortunately we did not take any video of pressing the post, separating…
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