tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697729207783652831.post7797151261456553552..comments2024-03-23T06:51:16.758-07:00Comments on 1000 Woodcuts: Registration SimplifiedMaria Arango Dienerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00920008265178462169noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697729207783652831.post-73070410968837384292010-04-17T06:59:46.183-07:002010-04-17T06:59:46.183-07:00Very cool. I've more and more often been using...Very cool. I've more and more often been using a registration board rather than the cut-in kento. For me it's not so much about not trusting the accuracy of the registration as it is about wanting to use the entire block for image area & not wanting to "waste" any of it on border space. I've been using a reg. board from McClain's, but you've given me courage to try making my own. And thanks for the tip about covering it in a layer of clear acrylic for cleanup. Mine's a mess!!Annie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00178236295806176573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697729207783652831.post-51074082439662200712010-04-16T19:45:10.955-07:002010-04-16T19:45:10.955-07:00Hey Sharri!
Two solutions for that. I either work ...Hey Sharri!<br />Two solutions for that. I either work on 3/8" Shina or 3/4" cherry, so the obvious first solution is to have two registration boards, one for the thinner woods and one for the thicker woods. <br />Really the "thin" registration board would accommodate a range of blocks from 3/8" to something as much as a 1/4" higher without any problem.<br /><br />But there is another solution, really two. One is to have a couple of pieces of thin wood handy to "raise" the brass kentos. The kentos are removed, thin wood goes on the marks, kentos are screwed down again, holding the shim-wood in place. Tacked on pieces of matboard can be used to raise the paper, or the shim-wood can include a "shelf" for the paper to be the same height as the block.<br />The other is to raise the entire, and already squared, corner wood pieces with kentos attached. The pieces are just tacked on with white glue to the backing board and then screwed down in four places. All that is needed is to remove the screws, gently tap the wood off the backing board, insert shim-wood as high as you want to go and screw the whole corner assembly back down. If you almost always work with similar wood sizes, this would take five minutes and you can have ready-cut shims for a variety of block thicknesses. <br /><br />Hope all that made sense. I personally have two (at least) registration boards.Maria Arango Dienerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920008265178462169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697729207783652831.post-66651312889549320442010-04-16T17:59:43.058-07:002010-04-16T17:59:43.058-07:00Question - How do you adjust for varying thickness...Question - How do you adjust for varying thickness of blocks? All of mine are not always the same measurement. Cherry is different from Shina, etc. I'm sure you have a remedy for this common problem. ;-)Sharrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00941567668722751740noreply@blogger.com