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Baren Digest               Thursday, 21 May 1998       Volume 03 : Number 160

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From: Blueman <blueman@pantek.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 10:36:42 -0400
Subject: [Baren 795] Re: Baren Digest V3 #159 

Hello, Baren People

I was getting worried.  I thought Dave's last little
gentle scolding scared us all off.  I mean the stuff
he said about "noise" versus real information.

Or did we have to give a moment of silence to honor
Dave's absence?

Graham said:
> >It is a sanding block which has been wrapped with cloth so as to make it
> >soft.  .. eh

My question to you,  Graham,  is how can you sand anything if
there's a cloth wrapped around the sandingblock????  Does 
this actually work?

****

James, I saw your bio and art statement.  Not that it matters,
but I was surprised when I read you got your degrees recently.
Are you a young guy?  Somehow I thought you were seasoned
by the way you speak.   : )

Gayle Wohlken

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@islandnet.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 09:05:20 -0700
Subject: [Baren 796] Re: Baren Digest V3 #159 

>My question to you,  Graham,  is how can you sand anything if
>there's a cloth wrapped around the sandingblock????  Does
>this actually work?

Your just pulling a Canadians leg here ...eh

Graham

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From: Ray Esposito <brassring@brassring.org>
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 14:17:03 -0400
Subject: [Baren 797] Re: Baren Digest V3 #159 

Gayle
Graham can speak for himself as he so eloquently does in Baren 796.  But
just in case you are not pulling his leg, what he means is to wrap a cloth
over the sanding block THEN put the sandpaper over that, grit side against
the wood.  The cloth prevents you from applying too much pressure to the
block you are sanding since it places a cushion between your hand and the
block of wood.  I did my first block yesterday and it works great.  

I am not speaking for Graham but just want to point out that if I can
understand Canadian...eh...anyone can learn.  It just takes a little
effort.  (Gad....and I thought Chinese was tough.)

If you WERE pulling his leg, forget this post.

Cheers

Ray Esposito

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From: Ray Esposito <brassring@brassring.org>
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 15:02:50 -0400
Subject: [Baren 798] Re: Baren Digest V3 #159 

Gayle wrote:
>I was getting worried.  I thought Dave's last little
>gentle scolding scared us all off.  I mean the stuff
>he said about "noise" versus real information.

You HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!!!! :>)  If you learned nothing else since
being on Baren you should know, nothing scares us off.  The reason things
have been quiet is Dave is in England, Graham is in his shop and Esposito
has not started any good arguements.  I will work on it.

As to Dave and noise - he is a traditionalist.  Sometimes we get carried
away and forget what Baren is all about but I do not agree it is bad.  Part
of this is our getting to know each other.  Dave and I disagree a little
about this.  My feeling is, after all, there are only about 28 members of
Baren, most of us are becoming friends and friends need to get to know each
other.  Telling us about a show you are in or having a birthday IS getting
off the point but I for one welcome it.

>Or did we have to give a moment of silence to honor Dave's absence?

We should always do so as he is our guru.  At least one a day, I bow three
times toward Tokyo and chant the poem by Fujiwara no Yoshitaka (set 10, #3)
three times as homage to our leader.  And when he returns I know all of us
will rejoice in hallelujah's and hosanna's.  GLORY BE TO GURU.
Oops...sorry about that....got carried away a little thinking about our
leader.

Cheers

Ray Esposito

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From: Emil Wilson <wilson@SAATCHISF.COM>
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 16:36:54 -0800
Subject: [Baren 799] Baren Digest V3 #159 -Reply 

I'm leaving my job.  Moving to LA.  I'll contact you when I can resume
this e-mail thing.  By the way, these newsletters are great!

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From: jimandkatemundie@juno.com (James G Mundie)
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 08:25:59 -0400
Subject: [Baren 800] Graham's block varnishing technique 

Graham wrote:
>I put [varnish] on with a rag and after a few minutes... I take 400 emory 
>paper... and rub the surface until there is no more shine from the varnish 
>sitting on the wood.

So, you're doing this when the varnish is still wet? Doesn't it tend to
get gummy and build up around your cutting lines? 
	I glad that you cleared up that you are not printing from a
varnished surface per se...

Mise le meas,
James Mundie, Philadelphia USA 

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