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Re: Hitchhikers: are you lazy?
Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #719180 by RDHG
Aug 1, 2012 5:48am
Thinking same thing. It's anonymous. Fess up all you lazy HH dumpers, lol.
Re: What do you do when you just want to see that image?
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #718808 by marrtians
Aug 1, 2012 5:56am
Do you hold it and turn the material...kind of a 3 dimensional carve? It amazes me!
Re: Traditional Tracker
Board: Stupider Questions About Letterboxing
Reply to: #719158 by tiggermama
Aug 1, 2012 5:57am
Thanks all for the examples, makes sense now :)
Tigs I was too excited to sleep, I was working out clues for the new box I planted yesterday afternoon!
Actually got it planted & clues up all in the same 24 hours....
Tigs I was too excited to sleep, I was working out clues for the new box I planted yesterday afternoon!
Actually got it planted & clues up all in the same 24 hours....
Re: What do you do when you just want to see that image?
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #715913 by Baqash
Aug 1, 2012 5:58am
Okay I do not get this please explain, why stazon? Does it stay on the pencil or the non carved part?
phynstar(who just doesn't get it)
Re: Traditional Tracker
Board: Stupider Questions About Letterboxing
Reply to: #719176 by Aiphid
Aug 1, 2012 5:59am
Should read: fake traditional listings
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Re: What do you do when you just want to see that image?
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #719185 by phynstar
Aug 1, 2012 6:01am
The StazOn stays on all of it; it's a permanent ink. You can still see your lines, but they'll be tinted the color that you use. I can show you some transfers next week if you remind me.
[._.]
Re: Boxing Columbus Fri/Sat before OHMazing picnic
Board: State: Ohio
Reply to: #719169 by turtlelove
Aug 1, 2012 6:04am
Thanks for that advice! I'm headed through there in October and was sort of overwhelmed by that huge pocket of boxes in there, as I know I can't stop for long on my way through to Cleveland.
Thunderbird
Re: What do you do when you just want to see that image?
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #719187 by Aiphid
Aug 1, 2012 6:07am
How do you transfer?
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Hikeathon
Board: State: Washington
Aug 1, 2012 6:07am
Just wanted to wish my compadres a happy opening day for Hike-A-Thon! I'll be thinking of you guys while I'm out. I'm heading out to Montana today, so it's nice that your out-of-state miles count.
Thunderbird
Thunderbird
Re: What do you do when you just want to see that image?
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #719190 by phynstar
Aug 1, 2012 6:12am
There's a number of different ways to transfer an image to your block.
The simplest transfer is by pencil. You draw or trace your image into a piece of paper with a soft pencil, like a #2. Then, you put the image face-down on your block and rub the back with something like a spoon or a folding bone. The pencil mark will come off on the block. The Staz-On ink is sometimes used to seal the pencil so it doesn't rub off while you're carving.
In the past, I used to make a toner-based photocopy, put that face-down on the block, and color the back with a Dove blending marker. The xylene in the marker would cause the toner to release from the paper, and it would stick to the rubber. Some use wintergreen, and even others use a small iron, because heat will cause that too, though it can blister your block if you're not careful. The newer the photocopier, the less likely that this method will work well, as newer copiers seem not to release the fused toner as well.
Kirbert has some great information on his web site about using baking parchment to transfer an image printed from your inkjet printer, and that is the method I use now. It's just so precise when you have a detailed image that tracing can't hope to represent well.
Hope that helps.
Thunderbird
The simplest transfer is by pencil. You draw or trace your image into a piece of paper with a soft pencil, like a #2. Then, you put the image face-down on your block and rub the back with something like a spoon or a folding bone. The pencil mark will come off on the block. The Staz-On ink is sometimes used to seal the pencil so it doesn't rub off while you're carving.
In the past, I used to make a toner-based photocopy, put that face-down on the block, and color the back with a Dove blending marker. The xylene in the marker would cause the toner to release from the paper, and it would stick to the rubber. Some use wintergreen, and even others use a small iron, because heat will cause that too, though it can blister your block if you're not careful. The newer the photocopier, the less likely that this method will work well, as newer copiers seem not to release the fused toner as well.
Kirbert has some great information on his web site about using baking parchment to transfer an image printed from your inkjet printer, and that is the method I use now. It's just so precise when you have a detailed image that tracing can't hope to represent well.
Hope that helps.
Thunderbird
Re: Hitchhikers: are you lazy?
Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #719170 by turkey feathers
Aug 1, 2012 6:14am
Re: What do you do when you just want to see that image?
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #719187 by Aiphid
Aug 1, 2012 6:16am
I have a photo of Stazon over a parchment paper transfer. Probably not the best example since the images transferred are small words.
HALLOWEEN WEEKEND EVENT in Hickory
Board: State: North Carolina
Aug 1, 2012 6:16am
http://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.html?gEventId=2382
Hello Friends,
This is the link to the PARANORMAL PUMPKIN PICNIC event, hosted by AN AUTHOR 214.
It will be in Hickory at SPRING PARK on the 27th of October.
CHECK IT OUT !!
I (Dina B. Seeker) am in charge of the "KIDS STUFF".... and I have a fun trail of PRIZES and SURPRISES planned !!!
We welcome ANY AND ALL tabletop boxes.... HIPS boxes ..... BRING EM !!!
ALSO .... LTC trading ...... BRING EM !!!
It's "SCARY" how much fun we'll have ..... as we turn SPRING PARK into HALLOWEEN PARK for an afternoon of Letterboxing FUN !!
Dina B. Seeker
Hello Friends,
This is the link to the PARANORMAL PUMPKIN PICNIC event, hosted by AN AUTHOR 214.
It will be in Hickory at SPRING PARK on the 27th of October.
CHECK IT OUT !!
I (Dina B. Seeker) am in charge of the "KIDS STUFF".... and I have a fun trail of PRIZES and SURPRISES planned !!!
We welcome ANY AND ALL tabletop boxes.... HIPS boxes ..... BRING EM !!!
ALSO .... LTC trading ...... BRING EM !!!
It's "SCARY" how much fun we'll have ..... as we turn SPRING PARK into HALLOWEEN PARK for an afternoon of Letterboxing FUN !!
Dina B. Seeker
#70!
Board: The Grateful Letterboxers!
Aug 1, 2012 6:21am
Happy Birthday Jerry!!!!
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............ Crank up your favorite Grateful tune and twirl today! ;o)
Pete
This theme is driving me batty!
Board: Atlas Quest Announcements
Aug 1, 2012 6:24am
Not really. I just wanted to say that. ;)
TG
TG
Re: This theme is driving me batty!
Board: Atlas Quest Announcements
Reply to: #719202 by Trekkie Gal
Aug 1, 2012 6:28am
I was wondering why Halloween had come early, but I see it is just Kentucky.
A few spots available
Board: LTC: Trades and Trackers
Aug 1, 2012 6:29am
Three spots recently became available in the Medieval Times tracker. There is 6 weeks before they are due, if anyone would like to join us.
http://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.html?gTrackerId=6291
http://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.html?gTrackerId=6291
Re: What do you do when you just want to see that image?
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #719190 by phynstar
Aug 1, 2012 6:31am
You ask for a transfer pass when you get on the bus or train. ;-)
Newest Boxes List ?
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Aug 1, 2012 6:34am
Home on the Range? Newest?
DMS: So that's where I planted that thing.....? ;-)
DMS: So that's where I planted that thing.....? ;-)
I think I'm Sheldon
Board: Yakking It Up
Aug 1, 2012 6:36am
I changed my 'Big Bang Theory' calendar to August this morning and had a good laugh. It shows Raj and Sheldon sitting on the couch. Raj says "Come on Sheldon, the world is filled with people doing things outside. Let's go outside. Outside is good." to which Sheldon replies "If outside is so good, why has mankind spent thousands of years trying to perfect inside?"
EXACTLY!!! :)
TG
EXACTLY!!! :)
TG
Re: What do you do when you just want to see that image?
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #719195 by thunderbird
Aug 1, 2012 6:37am
Yesterday I actually used both pencil and chemical (acetone in my case) transfer on one stamp. I wanted part to look sharp so I drew it on the computer. The part I wanted to look like it was hand drawn I just drew on the paper. I rubbed to transfer the pencil first then acetone to transfer the toner.
Re: I think I'm Sheldon
Board: Yakking It Up
Reply to: #719207 by Trekkie Gal
Aug 1, 2012 6:38am
Get outside and plant! At least go and find something.
Phone Booth / Photo Booth? Where to find?
Board: Off Topic, Wildly
Aug 1, 2012 6:40am
I almost put this in the mystery board, but I don't know that the plant(s) I am thinking of would be mysterys... Maybe, but I'm guessing that with how hard of a time I am having coming up with a place to hide... well, any one looking for the box(es) in questions would have that much more difficult of a time, so figured I would try here.
Two staples of my childhood [and many of you on here as well] have all but disappeared...
One, and a less obvious one... The photo booth. These have been making a comback in a digital form... but the new ones with the larger pictures, and the fancy effects you can add to the picture [or words]... just isn't the same as the old fashioned little strip that you could use as a book mark.
The other, a little more obvious...
The phone booth. I don't mean pay phones in general. I mean the close the door for privacy telephone booth!
I am thinking it would be fun to attempt to find phone booths to make a hide around [or "in" by using a magnetic box.]. I know a few months back I saw in older phone booth, where the booth is built into the wall, and the booth has a chair to sit while talking. I don't even remember where this was though [other than indoors which is not what I want to attempt a hide there].
I'm wondering if anyone knows of a way to find out where phone booths are [or for that matter older style photo booths, although the more I think about it those seem more risky to base clues off of, these are much more mobile]? I have been looking, and I can find a few websites that show ones that are in unusual places[and even these sites are dedicated to "pay phone" vs. "phone booth"]. But I want to find a way to know where to find a pay phone that is in a booth. I know where one used to be in Vermont, about half way from Bennington to Brattleboro, and if travel to NH again soon I may try to plant a box on my trip.
I am not even looking just for my general area [hence not posting in the New York board], as I do travel to most of the New England states to visit family, so an interesting enough phone booth in a neighboring state would be worth visiting to plant a box at.
A part of me thinks a magentic box inside a booth may be fun... but depending on the location of said booths using the booth as a starting point for a small stroll would be just as fun. [think a rest area hide. "Stand with your back to the back of the booth [fill in rest of clue]".
Thanks in advance for anyone with even some slight hints. Google is turning up some interesting websites [with some cool pictures of places that might be fun to visit no less].... but nothing helpful enough for this particular need yet...
--Ringo
Two staples of my childhood [and many of you on here as well] have all but disappeared...
One, and a less obvious one... The photo booth. These have been making a comback in a digital form... but the new ones with the larger pictures, and the fancy effects you can add to the picture [or words]... just isn't the same as the old fashioned little strip that you could use as a book mark.
The other, a little more obvious...
The phone booth. I don't mean pay phones in general. I mean the close the door for privacy telephone booth!
I am thinking it would be fun to attempt to find phone booths to make a hide around [or "in" by using a magnetic box.]. I know a few months back I saw in older phone booth, where the booth is built into the wall, and the booth has a chair to sit while talking. I don't even remember where this was though [other than indoors which is not what I want to attempt a hide there].
I'm wondering if anyone knows of a way to find out where phone booths are [or for that matter older style photo booths, although the more I think about it those seem more risky to base clues off of, these are much more mobile]? I have been looking, and I can find a few websites that show ones that are in unusual places[and even these sites are dedicated to "pay phone" vs. "phone booth"]. But I want to find a way to know where to find a pay phone that is in a booth. I know where one used to be in Vermont, about half way from Bennington to Brattleboro, and if travel to NH again soon I may try to plant a box on my trip.
I am not even looking just for my general area [hence not posting in the New York board], as I do travel to most of the New England states to visit family, so an interesting enough phone booth in a neighboring state would be worth visiting to plant a box at.
A part of me thinks a magentic box inside a booth may be fun... but depending on the location of said booths using the booth as a starting point for a small stroll would be just as fun. [think a rest area hide. "Stand with your back to the back of the booth [fill in rest of clue]".
Thanks in advance for anyone with even some slight hints. Google is turning up some interesting websites [with some cool pictures of places that might be fun to visit no less].... but nothing helpful enough for this particular need yet...
--Ringo
Re: #70!
Board: The Grateful Letterboxers!
Reply to: #719201 by The Merry Pranksters
Aug 1, 2012 6:40am
Happy birthday Jerry.
Help/slip not / Franklins sounds like a winning combo to me. Ah heck a little U.S Blues couldnt hurt
Help/slip not / Franklins sounds like a winning combo to me. Ah heck a little U.S Blues couldnt hurt
Re: Hitchhikers: are you lazy?
Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #719170 by turkey feathers
Aug 1, 2012 6:47am
Tell you the truth, I can remember what I do. I think I stamp them. But if you stamp them in the box you place them and others come along and stamp in the books behind it and don't take the HH, then the person who takes it may stamp it again without looking through the book. Not everyone looks through the log books. Hmmmm? I will have to pay more attention to what I do and make sure I stamp it in both books if it has not been stamped yet.
Re: Phone Booth / Photo Booth? Where to find?
Board: Off Topic, Wildly
Reply to: #719212 by RingoH
Aug 1, 2012 6:51am
7-11 stores often have phone booths... But I haven't seen an old style one for a long time...
Bus stop shelters and newspaper stands are my "magnetic go-tos".
Photo booths I've seen have all been indoors at touristy places, sometimes at malls.
Bus stop shelters and newspaper stands are my "magnetic go-tos".
Photo booths I've seen have all been indoors at touristy places, sometimes at malls.
Re: Hitchhikers: are you lazy?
Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #719170 by turkey feathers
Aug 1, 2012 6:56am
While mine are all ready... I confess that I picked one up in a hurry last week...my tour guide was calling everyone back...and I don't know if it was already stamped into the box.
Re: Phone Booth / Photo Booth? Where to find?
Board: Off Topic, Wildly
Reply to: #719212 by RingoH
Aug 1, 2012 7:06am
Try an Amish community. Charm, Ohio has a two-doors (two pay phones) in the middle of town, right along the sidewalk. Some of the builders (in the Holmes Cty area of OH) of small wooden buildings (sheds, etc.) are now making single and double door wooden "phone booths".
Re: What do you do when you just want to see that image?
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #715863 by bluebirdlover
Aug 1, 2012 7:16am
Depends....often if I'm not sure how its going, I will stamp it in a light color to check it...
I'm getting so I don't have to do it anymore until near the end.
I'm getting so I don't have to do it anymore until near the end.
Greenlawn Advice was Boxing Columbus
Board: State: Ohio
Reply to: #719189 by thunderbird
Aug 1, 2012 7:22am
Greenlawn is a fantastic cemetery to visit and to box. I strongly suggest taking the time to map out a route before hand if you want to maximize your boxing time. In the past, I have printed out a section map (think I even splurged and had it enlarged at the copy shop--it was a major boxing day for us) and plotted the boxes in advance, then penciled in our driving route. If I Recall correctly, we boxed from open to close and did manage to clean out the cemetery, BUT this was a couple of years ago and we had visited at least twice before!!
Sounds like it is time for another trip to our Capitol city--now that I think about it, there is one box that has eluded me three times.....
Sounds like it is time for another trip to our Capitol city--now that I think about it, there is one box that has eluded me three times.....