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Baren Digest               Monday, 4 January 1999       Volume 06 : Number 397

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From: "David Stones" <stones@mb.i-chubu.ne.jp>
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 18:19:22 +0900
Subject: [Baren 2494] RE: kento adjustments

Dear John,

Although there've been some comments on the above, I'd like to add this (if
you're using solid blocks). Just cut a piece out of one corner of the block
being printed, trim it with a flat chisel into a thin sliver long enough for all
you need plus one reserve then, with a general-purpose (brown) glue (not  the
newer wood glues, the ones here [white] don't seem to work so well with small
bits) fit the sliver to the DRY kento. Keep any unused slivers for future use.

There's no need to cut into the block itself (you stand the chance of splitting
the kento off if your on the down grain and if the kento is near the block
edge). Shave the top of the new sliver to the block height, again with a flat
chisel. You'll get nowhere satisfactorily with a wet block - so let it dry -
although there should not be much water or ink on or near the kento if possible.
This method will give a strong, lasting bond with the same wood (Cherry in my
case... don't use soft wood) as being printed and the addition shouldn't come
adrift when you finally wash the block clean after printing. Hope this helps,
print on...

Dave S

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