Ludlow cabinet drawer layout
Does anyone happen to have historical literature from Ludlow noting their ideal layout of mats in their cabinet drawers?
We’re trying to set up our Ludlow foundry as accurately as possible and we have a dozen or so cabinets that need cleaning and reorganizing. While we’re at it we might as well have them all set up the same and as-Ludlow intended.
The numbers and letters are obvious; it’s more so punctuation, special characters, etc. Do those “officially” go somewhere like in a California job case? I can’t seem to find a drawing or diagram from Ludlow anywhere! Thanks so much!
Karch. Ludlow
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five years later, ha… but I like keeping this stuff in one thread…
I’ve got a few 1-1/4” Ludlow mat cases (for 60/72pt type and some scripts) and can’t find any reference for the layout. They’re designed to hold the mats vertically, rather than stacked horizontally. The most logical layout I can guess is this, but it seems weird that XYZJU and all punctuation would be jumbled up in the sections to the right. Any insight?
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