After refurbishing both air pin blocks and replacing the paper tower air connector on my Monotype, I tried another dry run with the ribbon I had. I was finding that there still seemed to be substantial air leaks, which sounded…
Year: 2013
Back from the OCADU Book Arts Fair
We’re back from yesterday’s book arts fair at OCADU in Toronto, and we had a pretty good time there. Attendance was steady but not so packed for people to have trouble circulating. The weather looked a bit bleak but wasn’t…
A Composing Stick Rack for Richmond Hill
As part of the general clean-up taking place over the past few months at the shop of the Book Arts Guild of Richmond Hill, I found that we did not have any good place to store our collection of composing…
A Monotype aftermarket mod
Up until recently I have used my Monotype without its paper tower for font and sorts casting. What I found frustrating in doing so was manually positioning the matcase. This is a minor setup nuisance when casting from display mats…
Monotype Pneumatics – Front Pin Block R&R Part 3
All the parts from the front pin block have been cleaned and repaired, and so it is time to reinstall them.
Another home-made Monotype part
While refurbishing the front pin block on my Monotype caster I observed the wear on both the jaw pin guide rod and its support caused by having the rod fitting loosely in the support. The end of the rod is…
Monotype Pneumatics: Paper Tower air connection completed
I added two spacers made from 0.015″ brass shim stock to the collar on the paper clamp shaft, so that the collar would be flush with the step in the shaft and thus provide good support to the inner O-ring…
Reminder: OCADU 29th Annual Book Arts Fair
This is just a reminder that the OCADU Book Arts Fair is coming up in about 10 days, on Saturday November 30th 2013, from 10am to 5pm. This annual fair is held in the Great Hall of OCAD University at…
Monotype Pneumatics: Paper Tower Air Supply Connector
I have now installed my new Paper Tower Air Supply line to replace the leaky one that was on the caster. I made a top connector from brass, giving it counterbores at either end to accept standard O-rings for sealing…
Monotype Pneumatics: Front Pin Block R&R Part 2
After disassembling and cleaning the front pin block parts, I noted wear on the Pin Jaw Guide Rod Support, as well as on the guide rod itself. Furthermore, there were several holes in the cover plate that seemed to have…
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