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Baren Digest             Wednesday, 20 October 1999     Volume 09 : Number 749

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From: "Roger A. Ball" <beckorro@inquo.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 08:48:34 -0600
Subject: [Baren 6314] Re: kento 

http://users.lanminds.com/~jeaneger/kento/index.html
vs.  http://woodblock.com/encyclopedia/entries/000_09/000_09_frame.html

I guess I do it differently here, too.
The kento I use are an upper left 'L' and a left side 'I'.  I think it
depends on what you are most comfortable with.  I like to hold the wet
paper in my right hand and guide the corner to the upper left with my
left forefinger and thumb extended and aligning with the kento.
My kento are also cut into an 'L' frame mounted on a work board rather
than oversizing the actual block.  I pressure fit the blocks left and up
into the frame using 2 screws at a slight angle against the bottom and
right edge.   It's actually the head of the screw that pushes against
the edges of the block.  Since I cut all the blocks to be the same size,
more or less, I merely nedd to slightly tighten or loosen to go to the
next color (block).  This also gives me fine alignment control to
register the blocks to each other by either shiming or trimming later if
necessary.  It's easy to add screws to get perfect fit if needed.  This
is sometimes extra helpful because if a board slightly warps in one
direction during the run, you might be able to fix the registration.

Thanks Jean for your insightful, clear treatment.  I'm interested in the
'Flora and Fauna' you mention on after5, of course.  It's right up my
alley.  I'm going smaller scale, but looking at plant themes.  I wish
you all well.

Cheers,
- -Roger

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From: Maria Arango <Maria@mariarango.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:15:04 -0700
Subject: [Baren 6315] Print Works 

Phillip, by the time I got your post the Printworks site was offline.
Can you be more specific about what they need? Do they need a webmaster,
space for their magazine online, or is the whole org gone out of
business?
Thanks,
Maria

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From: "Philip Smith" <smithart@pacifier.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 10:35:31 -0700
Subject: [Baren 6316] Re: Print Works 

Maria,......this sight is on my favorite list and it pops right up for
me,....however if you can't find them they give two e-mail addresses,...
M.Millmore@ukonline.co.uk and Sales@ukonline.co.uk ,....drop them a
note,....and the very best of luck Maria.....Philip

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From: agatha <agatha@uswest.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 14:13:59 -0700
Subject: [Baren 6317] (no subject) 

i know we have discussed this before, but i just came into a bit of money, and i am
in the market for a press.  it doesn't have to be fancy, it just needs to work
reliably.  can you all give me the roundup for your recommendations?  i can't spend
more than $1,000, and i would love to spend less than that.  sorry to bring up the
press issue again, but i need the word of the baren before i can make this costly
move.  thanks.

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From: Wanda Robertson <robertson@canby.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 21:11:15 -0700
Subject: [Baren 6318] Re: Print Works 

Hi Maria,
Here is what he says:

Would you like to own Printworks.
Due to the pressure of other commitments IÕm no longer able to
maintain Printworks as I would like. Those of you who are regular
visitors will have noticed a drop off in updates. I would like to hand
over the whole web site to some else free of charge. But only to an
individual or organization who can do it justice. If you are interested
please e-mail me with your proposal, in less than 500 words, of how you
would develop the site to benefit all printmakers from around the world.
The successful applicant will receive the whole web site on CD ROM and I
will make a redirection page at the present URL pointing to the new URL.

                         Mark Millmore R.E.
                         <m.millmore@ukonline.co.uk>

Go for it! We'll back you up!

Wanda

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From: Graham Scholes <gscholes@home.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 22:00:56 -0700
Subject: [Baren 6320] Patrick Press 

You should look at Patrick Press here in Canada.   With the value of our $
you can get a damn nice press for about $1000.  Several of out members have
purchase this press.  Get recommendations from them.

Ray Esposito Purchase one.  Here is his e-mail
e-mail:      brassring@brassring.org

The Info is:

Patrick Designs
426 Torrence Rd
Comox, BC
V9M 3L8

Voice 250 339 3109
Fax    250 339 8196
E-Mail  danpat@comox.island.net

They have a brochure with prices.

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