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#1 Speedball blades
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Jan 2, 2005 12:11pm
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I think I posted this somewhere else, but thought I should share it again. I generally use speedball blades exclusively, and played around with a #1 blade to get really thin lines. After several tries I was able to squeeze a blade down by inserting a knife blade in the groove of a number 1 and adjusting some vise grips to gently squeeze it down without crushing it. I went through a few without using the knife blade and that did not work. I'm not sure how it works on anything but PZ Kut.

Don
Re: #1 Speedball blades
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #1551 by Don and Gwen
Jan 3, 2005 9:56am
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Those must be reallly thin lines. They don't just fill up with ink and disappear?

Scarab
Re: #1 Speedball blades
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #1564 by Scarab
Jan 3, 2005 11:52am
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Those must be reallly thin lines. They don't just fill up with ink and disappear?

No, but then I'm using PZ Kut. I would think other carving mediums would be different.
Don