Traditional presses typically put too much pressure on the corners, and you have to pad at varying heights under the page to make things work (plus the extra compensation under individual letters that have become worn through use). Proof presses put on too little pressure period. But you just fluffed the makeready 
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This is fantastic. Iām beyond impressed, and very much looking forward to using the method.
Instead of cutting out the letters and doing all the placing and weeding, did you consider doing a deep engrave on a thick material like 1/4" acrylic?
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Hahaāprobably should have! It would be interesting to try both methods and compare the quality.
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And the time of placing and weeding versus engraving away all that material.
Some comments by people doing that for leather stamping indicate that acrylic is not the most durable, but almost certainly depends on all of the specifics involved.
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Excellent!
But Delrin is 
, professionally made custom leather stamps are often laser cut from it. Conveniently carried by Inventables.
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Iāve got a little Delrin and I did make some wax seal stamps with it (worked great!). But what Iām afraid of with Delrin and also with acrylic is that the ink might bead up on the surface. At least Iām pretty sure the ink I used would. Maybe not the kind of ink they use for screen printing and letterpressāhavenāt tried that.
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Letterpress and screenprinting inks are oil based and pretty āstickyā, work wonderfully with nonporous surfaces (like metal type). Really fun to play with, kinda buttery.
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Color me impressed
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What a wonderful project with excellent results! Very nicely done!
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Beautifully executed Cynd11!
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Love the split fountain!
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I love this idea!!!
I would say I am going to try it, but I dont think i would be patient enough.
I do love my big shot so I might have to try. 
That is SUCH a great idea. Thank you for posting, I never would have thought of it!
Too pretty to be a card. How about an ornament? This is way out of my skill set for now.
I have been working on a project that would repossee thin (4 oz) soft copper from a deep 3d engraved relief. Looking on Google the closest I could find was this antique Tibetan piece but it gets the general idea.
I was wondering if your process might work out better than mine
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I get a Forbidden when I attempt to follow that link.
The Big Shot is often used with embossing folders and thin metal; you should look into it!
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wow this is amazing!!! I have another project to add to my āneed to learn how to doā list 
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This is pretty amazing. Thank you for sharing
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