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Step 2Gather pieces, mark, and sand
This one will be a 1" border jig to print 6 x 8 blocks on 8 x10 paper. What I had kicking around was an 11 x 11 piece of 1/4" thick masonite and some ends of 1 x 2s.
I measured 1" on the flat part of the 1 x 2 (which is really a .75 x 1.5, remember) and sanded up the shinyish surface of the masonite. The masonite may be a little too slippery once I start printing, making the block a little slidey, but I can scuff it up or add a coat of rubber spray paint or something later.
Importantish: linoleum blocks are mounted on 3/4" deep blocks, so the .75" deep 1 x 2 works well. It doesn't need to be exactly that deep, but if it's much deeper the paper won't reach the edges of the block, and if it's too shallow the paper will arc down on the edges of the block (damp printmaking paper droops), making the registration less accurate.
(See Figure 2, where you can see the height of the block vs. the 1 x 2, and which also gives a sneak peek at the clumsy finished solution.)
I measured 1" on the flat part of the 1 x 2 (which is really a .75 x 1.5, remember) and sanded up the shinyish surface of the masonite. The masonite may be a little too slippery once I start printing, making the block a little slidey, but I can scuff it up or add a coat of rubber spray paint or something later.
Importantish: linoleum blocks are mounted on 3/4" deep blocks, so the .75" deep 1 x 2 works well. It doesn't need to be exactly that deep, but if it's much deeper the paper won't reach the edges of the block, and if it's too shallow the paper will arc down on the edges of the block (damp printmaking paper droops), making the registration less accurate.
(See Figure 2, where you can see the height of the block vs. the 1 x 2, and which also gives a sneak peek at the clumsy finished solution.)
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