MixUnit.com - The Hip-Hop Shop!

Making Wood Type for Letterpress printing



Uploaded by: skpolzen
Video Description:
This video shows a block of end grain maple being engraved on a New Hermes pantograph, on its way to becoming a piece of wood type for letterpress printing.


Tags for this video: design engraving letterpress maple pantograph printing router type typography wood woodworking

Find more videos in the "Howto" category
See more videos uploaded by skpolzen

Related Videos
Wood Engraving on Endgrain BoxwoodWoodsmith-Routing BowlsWoodsmith-Perfect Plywood Panels
wood-engraving-on-endgrain-boxwood.htmlwood-engraving-on-endgrain-boxwood.htmlwood-engraving-on-endgrain-boxwood.html
Don Black Linecasting - Hand Setting of Letterpress Type - 1Letterpress printing: Thomson Laureate (Colts Armory)Making perfect Dados with the Smart Router
wood-engraving-on-endgrain-boxwood.htmlwood-engraving-on-endgrain-boxwood.htmlwood-engraving-on-endgrain-boxwood.html


Share This Video:       StumbleUpon       del.icio.us       Reddit       digg       Furl       Spurl       Simpy       YahooMyWeb


Comments for this video: Show || Hide
Comments for this video on YouTube
So what does one of ... ( 11 months ago by pbcinla)
So what does one of those pantographs go for? Cool process. Which way does the grain go? Vertical?
6:46 and not one ... ( 7 months ago by PETROSKA22)
6:46 and not one second showing the other end of the Pantograph? I'm disappointed, I was hoping to see the other end of this thing...as in, what the master letter looked like



Tell a friend:
URL 
Embed Code 
._._._._._._._._