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G. Johanson, Letterpress: Letterpress Printing & Design: Degreasing and Painting the Pearl
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G Johanson, Letterpress:. Letterpress Printing and Design. Monday, July 21, 2008. Degreasing and Painting the Pearl. The grease was stubborn, largely owing to the original paint which had become somewhat porous over the years. I don't know where this press had been, there may have been a little bit of etching action on the paint, which could have come from sea air, as if in a coastal area. Here are some photos of the day spent with the Pearl. The day began by asking co-conspirator Jeff to stop by the hou...
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G. Johanson, Letterpress: Letterpress Printing & Design: The Florida Letterpress Inaugural Wayzgoose!
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G Johanson, Letterpress:. Letterpress Printing and Design. Monday, February 25, 2013. The Florida Letterpress Inaugural Wayzgoose! Well, it came quick, and ended all too soon! It began as an idea that I posted on the Florida Letterpress Yahoo Group's list page. Gosh, there really are no Letterpress Wayzgoose events happening down in the Deep South. Why not put one together here in the Sunshine State? TBAS Letterpress Coordinator Carl Nudi and Director Prof. Richard Mathews agreed! A Bookbinding Demo,.
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G. Johanson, Letterpress: Letterpress Printing & Design: Behind the 7x11 Pearl OS Model 3
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G Johanson, Letterpress:. Letterpress Printing and Design. Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Behind the 7x11 Pearl OS Model 3. My Aussie Blue Heeler will serenade you as we go along. She hates it when I'm in the shop and she's not. Here are some still shots, including one with the ink disk removed. Also, as a note, the only place that a spring is located on my press is the chase clamp. It anchors to the neck casting with receives the ink disk. I hope these images are helpful, Rachel. Pearl Press Restoration: Brok...
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G. Johanson, Letterpress: Letterpress Printing & Design: A New Delivery Table for the Pearl
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G Johanson, Letterpress:. Letterpress Printing and Design. Wednesday, October 8, 2008. A New Delivery Table for the Pearl. Here are some shots I took along the way. The iron castings were screwed to a 2x6 and spray painted with oil based black Rustoleum. Normally, I use a brush to apply paint to presses, but these are undercastings, not in plain sight, and there was a sale on the spray Rustoleum. The castings received two coats of paint. When the table was sufficiently dry, it was brought out to the pres...
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G. Johanson, Letterpress: Letterpress Printing & Design: Drawers for the Pearl (and other stuff)
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G Johanson, Letterpress:. Letterpress Printing and Design. Tuesday, February 3, 2009. Drawers for the Pearl (and other stuff). So, what do you do when it's your day off, it's the last day before payday, your pretty well out of funds, your cat of 13 years dies and you need something to distract you for a while? Make drawers, of course! What's the deal with the Feed and Delivery tables? Didn't I make a new table a few installments ago? Yes But guess what? Here's a closer look. Not too shabby, if I may ...
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G. Johanson, Letterpress: Letterpress Printing & Design: Rehabing the Feed and Delivery Tables for the Pearl O.S. No. 3
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G Johanson, Letterpress:. Letterpress Printing and Design. Saturday, February 7, 2009. Rehabing the Feed and Delivery Tables for the Pearl O.S. No. 3. Whoever did the original repair may have been a good printer, but woodwork may not have been the strong suite. Hard to tell through a century of dust, ink and crud. This is the larger of the two tables, the delivery table. A bead of wood glue right across the cut, spread, the excess applied to the other half of the table. Well, more to come. Stay tuned.
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G. Johanson, Letterpress: Letterpress Printing & Design: The Kluge "Open" Press
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G Johanson, Letterpress:. Letterpress Printing and Design. Tuesday, April 23, 2013. The Kluge "Open" Press. In other words, this press is very elusive. And fairly rare. So, I thought that I might do with my Open Kluge what I did with my Pearl OS Model 3: post a continuum of articles and photos dedicated to the Open Kluge, if no other reason than to provide at least something for the next fella that wants to find out any sort of definitive information about it. There is more detail, but I think you have a...
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G. Johanson, Letterpress: Letterpress Printing & Design: Putting It All Together
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G Johanson, Letterpress:. Letterpress Printing and Design. Tuesday, August 12, 2008. Putting It All Together. The Pearl was re-assembled after about ten days drying time. After assembly, I lubricated her with 40w. Motor Oil, which took over for the WD-40 I had shot into her oil ports to displace any water that may have collected there. All bare metal was coated with WD-40 as well, to prevent rust which so easily forms on bare polished iron even with the slightest dampness. In case it's unclear what you a...
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G. Johanson, Letterpress: Letterpress Printing & Design: More "finishing" work on the Pearl
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G Johanson, Letterpress:. Letterpress Printing and Design. Saturday, December 6, 2008. More "finishing" work on the Pearl. Ahh, yes, the ol' clip had broken it's tip off at some point in the misty past, and somebody formed a new one. But this begs the question: was this press ever in use thereafter? It would have been impossible to use rollers! At least, not for very long! I will re-apply black gloss Rustoleum on the finished clip, and may paint the chase as well. You Florida Letterpress folks:. Pearl Il...
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G. Johanson, Letterpress: Letterpress Printing & Design: Sanding and Finishing the Delivery and Feed Tables
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G Johanson, Letterpress:. Letterpress Printing and Design. Sunday, February 8, 2009. Sanding and Finishing the Delivery and Feed Tables. The wood filler was fully dry by this afternoon, so I took the orbital sander to the delivery board (which I believe is the lower table), the feed board (which would be the other, swivel or "swing-away" table.) Better double check me on that, I could have it backward. But I feed from right to left, so to me the right most table would be the board I feed from. What you s...
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