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10 Aug

Creasing/Die-cutting on a Vandercook?

Alot of cutting and creasing in the UK seems to be done on Heidlebergs - I haven’t got one of those, so my question is this: does any one use their Vandercook for cutting and/or creasing and if so what do you use?
For cutting I assume you would pack/protect the cylinder from the die with [...]

18 Mar

Vandercook & Sons Metal Fabricating Pin Punch

I spotted this on ebay 370033826590 – somebody might be interested – what is it?
John
arcane devices

11 Sep

Improvised photopolymer bases

I was recently asked about a homemade photopolymer base I use at The Arm and thought it would be of value to post the reply here where it might be of use to others.
“The base you saw at The Arm was an acrylic base with an aluminum surface laminated to it. It works okay, [...]

31 Jul

vandercook 11 block leveler

The airlines have conspired to strand me in the NY area. So I decided to send you all a note from red hook. Unfortunately, I won’t have time to visit the Arm this time, but i did spend a week at the Dale Guild in NJ, and took some pictures of Theo’s vandercook block leveler. [...]

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