Re: Etching Press Innovations: was: Presses forPhotogravure/Gravure/Photopolymer
Hi Mark,
Congrats on your new press! I'd volunteer Susan to help you, but I know
she's washing her dog then.
You must have missed the discussions that ensued regarding big
drum/little drum conversation back in July. Jack Brubaker corrected me
and clarified exactly what you are saying with alot of good info. The
fact remains the pressure may be greater in terms of PSI, but the
distribution of pressure, which is the important thing with
photogravure, is greater and more evenly distributed with a larger drum.
Hard to believe a dick blick mini press with at 3.5" drum would provide
greater pressure than a streamroller though...but hey, imagine the size
of the polymer plate you'd need to make the most of that steamroller???
You'd have to run it through a carwash at night to process it I'll
bet...it'd be awesome. At what size does a print cease to be art again?
I forget. I know there was a ruling on that at some point. :-D
Susan - The tactile experience of smoothing blankets down is nice, and
the aesthetics of the mechanism sucks, I agree, but those things aren't
as important to me as the final results. I was reading in the book
"Copper Plate Photogravure" Mark recommended some months back about how
pulling the blankets tight against the drum as they traveled through the
press helps provide a better, sharper impression (I forget why exactly).
Seems like the blanket rotation mechanism would do that automatically
every time, without the need for an assistant to pull the blankets while
someone else cranked the press...that's why I'm interested in it. I'll
make some other postings to see who has actually used it yet. Wonder if
the Takach's would let me try it sometime at their plant before
investing in one...
Cheers,
Jon
SusanV wrote:
Mark.... you don't reeeeeeeeealy think it's coming do you? hehehehe
And John and I would love to come over and help ya with the press, but
we have to wash the dog that week, and it's a big dog so ya know... it's
gonna take a while.
susan :o)
2008/9/28 ender100 <ender100@aol.com <mailto:ender100@aol.com>>
Susan,
I had to laugh at your idea of driving the car over a piece of
plywood to make a print, because I had the same fantasy! hehehehe
I agree about the blankets, but the idea of using the torque wrench
to tighten synchronized bolts for the pressure (looks like the two
have sprockets with a bike chain connecting them is clever!
Press comes this coming week! Anyone want to help me carry it down
into the basement?
Have you checked ebay for a steam roller?
I think we covered this issue once before? Someone recently said
they wanted the larger roller for greater pressure? A smaller
roller I believe would give greater pressure—a given pressure would
be distributed over a smaller area with a smaller roller.
Best Wishes,
Mark Nelson
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On Sep 28, 2008, at 5:11:09 PM, SusanV <susanvoss3@gmail.com
<mailto:susanvoss3@gmail.com>> wrote:
From: SusanV <susanvoss3@gmail.com <mailto:susanvoss3@gmail.com>>
Subject: Re: Etching Press Innovations: was: Presses for
Photogravure/Gravure/Photopolymer
Date: September 28, 2008 5:11:09 PM CDT
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
<mailto:alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Hey Jon!
Interesting add-ons for the Takach presses.
I really enjoy the whole process of placing and smoothing the
blankets by hand, though. I don't really care for the big metal
cover for the blanket rig either. As for the pressure
adjustment, that would sure be convenient if you were adjusting
(changing), the pressure a lot.
I've always wanted to try driving my car onto a stack of 3/4
inch plywood placed over my plate to make a print. I almost
tried it once back when I was making collagraphs.
I think there's a group out in California (of course), that uses
a steamroller to make prints.... now THAT sounds like fun!
susan
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 2:09 AM, Jon
Lybrook <jon@intaglioeditions.com
<mailto:jon@intaglioeditions.com>> wrote:
Your press sounds great Susan, but check out the video on
the bottom of this page:
http://www.takachpress.com/etchsyncro/index.htm
I've used quite a few presses too over the years, mostly old
ones, some new ones, but I've never seen this before.
Anyone have any experience with these blanket rotation and
synchronized pressure systems? I'm very interested to find
some reviews...
Jon
SusanV wrote:
Hi Brian,
I had a press custom designed and hand built for me by
Marshall Heaton, and I couldn't ask for anything more.
The press has been outstanding, and Marshall was great
to work with on the design and build. Mine is a
"tabletop" design with a 10" top roller and a 10:1
ration gear system that makes it a breeze to pull a KM73
plate with Rives. The bed size will easily handle a 22
wide paper, so I can print a 20" wide image (which I've
not done "yet"... but it's nice to know that I "can"
:O) ) My husband and I built a base for mine that
includes storage and industrial grade, locking casters
which I love... I can push that sucker around out of the
way when I'm not using it, and I keep most of my
printmaking supplies in the base. My degree is in
printmaking, so I've used a lot of nice presses in
various studios and universities through the years...
and I wouldn't trade mine for any of t hem.
You can find more info
here: http://www.geocities.com/workpress/
Good Luck!
Susan
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On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Brian Pawlowski
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<mailto:beepy@netapp.com>>> wrote:
Hey. Don't want to argue about what a photogravure is:-)
Just wanted a little advice on presses.
I'm using the KM73 plates, and I'm about happy with
what I have
in terms of production... I'm producing plates.
I tried to run it through a very very small etching
press and I am
simply not getting anywhere near enough pressure to
draw the ink onto
the (dampened Rives) paper. I clamped it down further
and when I turn
the handles I lift the press:-)
I used some large oder presses with photopolymer
plates at Kala
Institute
in Berkeley, so think the final thing here is to get
a beefy press
for intaglio work.
Any recommendations? I am sitting on a quote from a
few months back
from Takach for the 3060 table top press. Though they
suggested maybe
a 3450 floor press.
This is big. I could go smaller. But other options
besides Takach?
Advice?
Brian
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