Other parts, knife hinges and so forth, worked out well the first time and will be the same.
I'll add some pictures when I make enough progress to be interesting.
Preston
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
New tympan-frisket assembly
I've started building a new tympan-frisket assembly for our press. The basic idea is the same, but I'm using bars of carbon-fiber & epoxy instead of oak. The CF is very stiff, so I expect to be able to use narrower pieces (3/8" instead of 3/4"), wasting less of the bed area. It won't look as nice as the oak, but perhaps looks aren't everything.
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My plan is to make a tympan and frisket out of 3/8" craft steel. I want to make sure it will open correctly on both sides without the inking plate getting in the way, which it does in the configuration I use now.
ReplyDeleteI'd forgotten about the inking plate. That certainly complexifies the problem.
ReplyDeleteMy own experiment fell through yesterday. The 3/8" bars are strong enough, but I run short of room for the knife hinges. I'll have to think again.
I took off my inking plate. I'm five feet tall and even with the press down on a short cabinet I wasn't able to easily use the inking plate/table. It was liberating. Now the press seems more easily accessible.
ReplyDeleteLynn