It's not as fun to carve as maple endgrain, but I definitely like it more than plywood and lino (and I love lino). sometimes cuttings boards are hit or miss on how flat they are.

Correct, this would give much needed opportunity to other printmaker to have access to it

I did consider the idea but I decided not to try it. I was concerned that if I did not glue the two sides exactly parallel, or if the racks were slightly offset, that it would not work.

@@someprintdude That makes a lot of sense. Great project anyhow. I really like it.

I don't think the rollers would like being split and reassembled, since they bear a lot of load while printing. I think for the body it might work in theory? I did look at the files and it looks likes if you scale the press down to 82%, it should fit in a 180mm print bed. And you'll end up with a 5 inch (127mm) wide press bed. And you should be able to use 1/4inch threaded rods for the pressure knobs.

@@someprintdudeThanks a lot, I check this out! :)

It's a love it or hate it hobby! I have a lot of 3d printed print shop aids planned for the years to come, so it might be a worthwhile investment!

I was so excited to see someone come by and use printmaking for something outside of my little demo! I enjoyed printing on the journal, but i am very exhausted right now. Thank you for your support!

I am definitely interested in leather rollers and brayers for lithography, but Ive always been worried about the seam. If people are interested in seeing me try I might give it a go!

Unfortunately I have sold out of this print :( I wish I printed more, it turned out great!

Alas they used to be there but I have since then removed the listing. I was in the middle of improving the formula to make them stronger but got distracted by making brayers and etching presses. Hopefully I pick that project back up this summer!

I only modified the ones I use the most. They are approximately 50 degree angle

I did make this press! It is a little horrible. It leaks oil from the rails and the gears slip if I use too much pressure. I based it off of the old litho presses that drag the pressbed with a leather strap.

I'll put that idea in the pipeline! although it might take a while since I would like to put a unique spin on it or test some variables to get the best results.

@@someprintdude It would be awesome 😊

Unfortunately I don't have a kit, but I do have a video on how I built it!

I'm not using the DIY one pictured, I didn't like it because it was hot and overexposed in the middle and underexposed around the edges. But I did make a new one using LED blacklight strips, and that one works great. It's basically a grid of LED strips all plugged into a power strip that I can turn on and off all at once. No video on that one yet since I built it before I started the channel.

not for this one, sometimes I will if I am printing a 1 color lithograph

@@someprintdude Hi Nick! Thank you for your answer. I work at the Faculty of Arts in Timisoara Romania. We have Litography courses with the students and we do only black and white, but sometimes we loose the finer grays from the drawings, they turn black. What do you use to keep the finer grays when printing like 20 prints?

There are a lot of variables that can influence that, some as small as temperature and humidity. Without being there to see all of the steps in your process I can't pinpoint the exact cause. Often times I find the biggest culprit to be ink stiffness, I usually add magnesium carbonate to my ink until it is stiff enough to be scooped up with my palette knife and if I hold it upside down the ink should not drip off the knife for at least 15 seconds. But if you have trouble rolling the ink out into a smooth consistency then you might have too much.