Last year at the American Typecasting Fellowshsip Conference Jason Dewinetz mentioned that he had a Ludlow Supersurfacer with a broken clamp spring. The Supersurfacer is used to smooth off the surface of slugs cast on a Ludlow, which is essentially…
Author: kpmartin
Cleaning the Thompson ink fountain
Most of the dirt on our Thompson platen press is a mix of dust, lint, and oil which can be removed with a soft brush and a vacuum cleaner. However, the ink fountain suffers from years of encrustation of dried…
Our contribution to the Wayzgoose Anthology
Now that the Anthology is out I can show you our contribution without spoiling the surprise. Overall it turned out nice, although I have 3 or 4 private critiques of my work. There were 135 copies of the Anthology produced,…
E-mail woes
Over the weekend and up until sometime today we have been having trouble with the e-mail server that handles @papertrail.ca and @thinkage.ca e-mail addresses. Anyone who tried to e-mail us might have received a warning about delayed delivery or a…
Wayzgoose 2013
We had great weather and a good crowd showing up, so altogether it was a wonderful day. We actually drove to Grimsby the afternoon before the show, and stayed at the Beamer Falls B&B so we could be fresh and…
Packing for Wayzgoose
This is a slightly belated post, since Wayzgoose was yesterday, but I was missing one piece of electronica and could not retrieve the photos I had. For most of what we bring, we pack it in flip-top plastic crates. We…
Waterloo Mini Maker Faire
We’re applying to demonstrate papermaking at the Waterloo Mini Maker Faire coming up June 15th at Kitchener City Hall. While writing up the application we found this photo of a sheet of paper being formed. You can see the waves…
Our Valley Beater
For beating some papermaking fibres, a Hollander beater is essential. One of the brands preferred by hand papermakers is the Valley Beater, originally made by Valley Iron Works, but still available new from Voith-Sulzer (last time I checked). They are…
Monotype pump head disassembled
As part of my project to add a pump latch to my Monotype Composition Caster to allow casting of larger type, I decided to take apart the pump head so all the parts could be cleaned properly of decades of…
Guillotine knives for sale
I have four guillotine knives, but I’m not even sure what brand or model they are for, nor whether they have been sharpened so much they aren’t useful any more. They are actually two pairs of essentially identical knives. The…
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