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Roller Cores20 Jul 09
Caslon Bold Type14 Apr 09
Ludlow "breakers"27 Jun 08
Kluge Problem?29 May 08
Printing from Wood Type8 Sep 07
Ever worked on "dead horse"?4 Jun 07
Something a little different from the usual day23 Mar 07
Recent comments
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Where in Alabama? I have a letterpress...5 Feb
Lisa, I have two c&p's. The one I use...5 Mar
I too, have an ancient windmill. Mine...1 Jun
I know you aren't going to believe it...2 Jun
I think I will put that form on the...8 Sep
I really do appreciate the suggestions...9 Sep
You would think that "Gerald" makes his...15 Nov
There is not a right or a wrong answer...8 Feb
The comments I have read on this...11 Mar
There is just a comfortable feeling...3 Jun
I have to speak out in defense of my...21 Aug
I agree with dickg about the kluge. I...27 Jul
There is a lot less to go wrong with a...15 Aug
Those elektrons were "pretty"! When...23 Feb
We call it a line gauge. Not only...29 Mar
I would love to have one of those goose...17 May
I agree with the other comments. Where...27 Jul
Dick, can right-handed individual use...2 Aug
That is the term that is used when...18 May
If the craftsman is set up to register...19 Jul
My old '47 windmill does not have that...23 Aug
Dick, is that 51 in dog years?29 Aug
I second that motion! 10 Sep
dickg is right. I prefer to print...4 Nov
Are you blowing a lot of air between...19 Dec
Winking cat, are you kin to dickg.?7 Feb
Actually, on the linotype, the @ sign...24 Mar
Fifty years ago, there were tons of...26 Mar
Rome, Georgia; Florence, Alabama; or...30 Apr
DickG: Can you get a double-black on a...16 May
Hate to admit it but a few years...17 May
Well, ding my jacket!!------NOT!! 7 Jul
Seems to me that the ink vehicle has...18 Jul
Bunch of old hands aren't there? Old...28 Aug
Geoffrey, that repro stock was called...23 Apr
Keyboard cams require very little oil....1 May
Dynamite will work, in large...2 Apr
The thins are called hair space. The...5 Jun
Inky, pretty sure that it's a jake-leg...9 Sep
I really think you can save the...10 Nov