Baren Digest Wednesday, 15 May 2002 Volume 19 : Number 1829 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Cucamongie@aol.com Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 10:04:29 EDT Subject: [Baren 18051] virus stuff, etc Hi all, Maria, I had done something similar to your idea about the address book, but apparently this particular virus going around doesn't send to each & every name in your address book, it picks randomly. Also to update, apparently I do NOT have the Klez virus, but as it explains on this webpage, http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/pf/w32.klez.h@mm.html my email address was taken from someone else's address book & used. Sarah ------------------------------ From: "Dan Sabo" Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 11:04:51 -0400 Subject: [Baren 18052] Re: etching presses I bought a Conrad E-24 24 x 48 and I love it. I also met Mr. Tom Conrad in Whitehall, Mi. What a story. I picked up that press on Dec 29, 2000, in the middle of one of one of the worst snowstorms in Michigan (I live in East Mich, Conrad is in west). Anyway he makes a great machine. Visit his web site http://www.conradmachine.com It's a fairly plain web site but all the info and his catalog is there. I plan on upgrading the site very soon. Dan Sabo [Daniel B. Sabo] ------------------------------ From: "daved" Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 08:29:59 -0700 Subject: [Baren 18053] Re: etching presses I too have I Conrad of 18 x 36 bed for 8 years now, I would recommend getting the base with the casters. I didn't until 3 years ago and it's wonderfully easy to move around now, well worth it. Although I do like the praga presses and I would like to buy the ES-24 or even the EH-30. Cheers Daved Ferrell Seattle WA USA ------------------------------ From: "Dan Sabo" Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 12:27:55 -0400 Subject: [Baren 18054] Re: etching presses There is also an excellent brand of presses at a firm called Printmakers Machine company in Chicago. They have a very high quality line of presses and they carry the Conrad machines and some other excellent equipment such as Sturgis and Polymetaal. Their site is at http://www.printmakersmachine.com Excellent products and service, I think the most experienced people on the block for printmaking supplies and presses. They also sell used presses I believe. Great people too! Dan Sabo ------------------------------ From: slinders@attbi.com Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 15:35:51 -0500 Subject: [Baren 18055] Re: etching presses "excellent brand of presses at a firm called Printmakers Machine company in Chicago... " They are connected to (and part of?) Graphic Ink and Chemical. Sharen ------------------------------ From: "Maria Arango" Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 14:56:23 -0700 Subject: [Baren 18056] RE: etching presses charset="Windows-1252" On the subject of presses, I purchased a Dan Patrick press (24" x 36") about 3 years ago. I was happy with the little fellow except for one thing, you can't print a full sheet (Merrican, that is) of 22" x 30" paper because the actual printing area is less than that. I wish I had invested in their larger size at the time. The bed held up great and I use huge amounts of pressure sometimes. Wood engravings print fine although they are touchier by nature. I got pressure gauges installed on mine and they work great. A couple of details to know, the price looks great until you add the export customs charge (the bill will come in the mail), and the shipping charges. No charge from the US customs, the bill is from the Canadian customs (the nerve). The trucking company that delivered the press to me wanted to charge me extra for unloading it since I didn't have a fork-lift handy (?). That is until I told the burly fellow to grab one side of the crate and I would grab the other and we got the thing down just peachy. Anyhow, the $650 turned into $950 rather quickly and unexpectedly. Also make sure you can fit it through a standard doorway if it is going in a home studio. This one did, just barely. Okay, now for the bad news. The roller has "crawled" toward one side somehow and it is no longer centered on the press bed. This is after 3 years of fairly frequent use, but only by one person. The problem now is that I cannot lower the roller past the frame of the bed so I have to "jack up" my blocks to clear the frame. Also, I have consequently lost another inch or so of usable bed so I can't print my larger prints. Annoying. More annoying is the fact that the press was supposed to have a life time warranty but I cannot get in contact with the warrantors. Very annoying. I tried taking the roller off and gently tapping the bearings/brackets back to their original location. I tried insulting it. I have not tried taking it to a machine shop because frankly, I'm mad at it. Next time I'm going with a Takach. I was also looking at Polymetaal and their prices are very good with a couple of distributors here in the states. I was also considering the Whelan, but I failed to get any feedback from any relief printmaker who uses one. I probably will end up getting a large etching press for woodcuts (to accommodate 31 x 43 paper) and a smallish relief press for wood engravings. And a partridge in a pear tree... Meantime, I fell in love with a Matsumura baren so currently my press is being used as a nice stand for framing. Health to all, Maria <><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Maria Arango Las Vegas, Nevada, USA http://www.1000woodcuts.com maria@mariarango.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ------------------------------ From: barebonesart Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 11:16:49 -0700 Subject: [Baren 18057] Re: Baren Digest V19 #1828 Sarah, Call your nearest frame shop/gallery and they can usually put you in contact with a restorer/conservator. Many of the shops contract with someone who does the work for them. I recently found a person that way and she did excellent work and was very reasonably priced. Good luck! Sharri ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V19 #1829 *****************************