{"id":1167,"date":"2011-08-03T14:49:08","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T18:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bethemmott.com\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2017-11-17T11:35:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T16:35:16","slug":"print-class-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/print-class-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Print Class: Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another medium, another set of tools to get hold of and to learn, and another set of muscles to learn to use. <\/p>\n

I had a few things from working with linoleum blocks a number of years ago. One handy thing is a metal stop (a bench hook) for the wood I’m working on. Keeps it in place as I push against it. I did modify it with a rubber mat under it and a sticky woven rubber mat on the surface to keep my block from sliding about.<\/p>\n

\"Bench<\/a> <\/p>\n

Bench Hook with both mats and block in place.<\/em> <\/h5>\n

I also have a few brayers and a plastic baren (I covet a nice traditional Japanese Baren) and some inks\u2014water and oil based. Bob had given me a nice chunk of glass about 10 inches in diameter and 1 inch high that I use for preparing ink. Don’t know where that came from, probably Edmound Scientific, years ago. I posted a picture of these in an earlier post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With wood I need better knives and chisels that the speedball handle and cutters I have. Again, Bob’s workshop supplied several sets. <\/p>\n

\"Wealth<\/a> <\/p>\n

Wealth of knives and chisels.<\/em> <\/h5>\n

One is a very sweet set in a wooden box with its own sharpening stone. He thinks it was his father’s. Another set was by Millers Falls, who no longer makes wood carving tools, and a third set by Hirsch which he claimed I gave him years ago but I don’t remember and a tiny set of Dockyard Micro Carving Tools that come in a little canvas carrier. <\/p>\n

So, I seem to be set with sharp things for now anyway! Actually after a lot of experimenting, I’m mainly using a knife from his Dad’s set and a rounded chisel from Millers Falls for my current project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another medium, another set of tools to get hold of and to learn, and another set of muscles to learn to use. I had a few things from working with linoleum blocks a number of years ago. One handy thing is a metal stop (a bench hook) for the wood I’m working on. Keeps it… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[200,201,202,203,204,205,383],"class_list":["post-1167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-printmaking","tag-wood-block","tag-bench-hook","tag-baren","tag-millers-falls","tag-hirsch","tag-dockyard-micro-carving","tag-printmaking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1167"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4213,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167\/revisions\/4213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}