tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post8195817681308860358..comments2024-03-26T07:00:11.620-05:00Comments on Wisdom of the Hands: end grain mapleDoug Stowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-91025647383805270322013-04-26T22:05:01.332-05:002013-04-26T22:05:01.332-05:00The end grained sugar maple was simply cut from a ...The end grained sugar maple was simply cut from a board. First jointed, the planed and sawn to dimension, then cut in blocks using a sled on a table saw.Doug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-18197271286042121812013-04-26T17:31:18.940-05:002013-04-26T17:31:18.940-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.cmcgarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567045359131155157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-50608492674379517212013-04-26T17:30:56.949-05:002013-04-26T17:30:56.949-05:00Where did you get the end grain maple? I'm try...Where did you get the end grain maple? I'm trying to find some to carve for my shop.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Casey<br />Inky Lips Presscmcgarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567045359131155157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-83450648975378093902010-04-20T20:07:15.328-05:002010-04-20T20:07:15.328-05:00My friend isn't needing type. He has been buyi...My friend isn't needing type. He has been buying old type for years. But he is concerned about how to put type in the hands of new users, as it seems that letterpress is poised at the edge of revival. He had some wooden type made in one particular font, but it was so much work that the maker vowed "never again."<br /><br />Wooden type and its making is a wonderful art form, and while I believe carvewrights, compucarve machines and shopbots can be adapted to making type, the old skill combined with technology approach did some marvelous things.Doug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-27856477894968247612010-04-20T19:15:39.500-05:002010-04-20T19:15:39.500-05:00I did letterpress printing between 1974 and 2007 a...I did letterpress printing between 1974 and 2007 and own some hand set type. At one point American Printing Equipment and Supply had wooden type for sale.<br /><br />In an ideal world your friend would be able to track down a source for wooden type. Not only is it necessary to get type to .918 inch high, there are width variations of the individual letters to also consider, assuming that is the goal of your friend.<br /><br /><br />Your friend might want to purchase some hobby rubber stamps and adapt them to letterpress. I have done that on one ocassion and was pleased with the results.<br /><br />Let your friend work with what you have to offer. If tolerances are not good enough, I would suggest going to a machine shop.Mickbichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02219995234630216502noreply@blogger.com