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i would like to know how to make dies for embossing my own design
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i did chek this link which i’ve found from the search box…
http://glossary.ippaper.com/default.asp?req=knowledge/article/209
but does anyone know how to make the dies…
i want to know which techniques they are using?
do you engrave it in wood and then transfer it to a plate by electolysis?
i really wanna learn this technique!!!
i use owosso graphics for my dies, they are in the yellow pages on this site under cuts and dies. the dies are etched with acid, this gives you a female die, then they pour fiberglass into it to make a male die, the female die goes in the chase the male goes on the platten, the paper is pushed into the female die and you have blind embossing. set up is critical, if you don’t line dies up you will crush them, i am sure owosso has a web site that will explain the process for you. i think owosso gives you the first die free, just pay shipping, good deal, good luck dick g. how is the type sorting coming, you sure are one ambitious person, when i started out some of my type was picked out of rubbish at the local dump, it pays to be friends with the person running the dump, i sorted type for years from that bag of type, also got a kelsey 5x8 the same way. i didn’t have money back then, so i used egg cartons for type cases, works pretty good.
http://www.textesrares.com/delon194ill.htm
hello dickg, i don’t know if u can translate this link into english…
its a very useful website about history of letterpress but its in french…
there are some fabulous techniques in that…
thanx for the tips…
will cehk the owosso website
Nashibd, thanks so much for the reference to the “Textes Rare” site. Twice a week I have a French class at my house (I am not the teacher!). We study in the midst of all my printing things. I have printed out some pages from this site for us to read and translate, so now we will have a lesson in printing history as well!
Barbara
je vous en prie, Barbara.
le site “textes rares” est riche en matiere de connaissances artisanales dans le monde de l’imprimerie.
des techniques que je n’ai jamias penser moi meme…