Thanks! I’ll check it all out. That was really informative.
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I’ve tried a couple of registration approaches - and built jigs for both. The one that works best is a 2 pin approach (not unlike that used in old time cel animation stands). I use a small hole punch for the source paper but I assume a standard 3 hole paper punch would work as well. Here’s a picture of the punch and stand
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The speedball professional oil-based inks seem to work well for me. The water-based ones not so much.
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Nice!
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Oh that’s excellent! Kinda like Ternes-Burton registration pins but more tidy. Thank you so much for sharing.
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These are so lovely! I recently tried making plates of of chipboard as my first attempt. I was happy with the results, but I struggled with the mess, time spent, shallow etching depth as well as other shortcomings of using chipboard. (I enjoy a bit of serendipitous splatter and mis-registration, but maybe I achieved too much?)
I explored cutting the plate shapes but had logistical issues with managing all the stray pieces ( I get a little impatient). You post has made me think it through and I feel as if I can try it again with better success. Thanks!
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Thank you. There’s quite a bit of engineering designing the pieces so that I can align them while printing as well as when gluing the layers in the printing blocks. I do try to cut as much and engrave as little as I can and still get the detail. the outer edge of the block for layer 2 is shaped so I can eyeball align it with layer 1 when printing; that helps a lot.
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#necrogame
I was reminded of this and other excellent posts by @FlorenceTurnour and I was wondering what she’s up to lately. You still out there, Florence?
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I’m still here!
Here’s a gadget I made for a Make-n-Take at a print show.
Here are some examples of the cards. Each card uses 3 stamps.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C_WoBAfSoZs/
https://www.instagram.com/p/C63_o--pnbN/
Those are small rubber stamps. They were super addicting and easy to print because you can use stamp ink rather than printmaking ink. Great for cards, or things you don’t need to last forever.
I also made some larger projects (using real printmaking ink). I can’t remember if I shared these hexagonal map tiles here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CgIP8KTvJ48/
The wooden printing blocks that I made on the glowforge are in the last frame.
Thanks for asking! 
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