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Left: a very small type form (for an envelope's return address)  is locked in the chase.

Right: Furniture cabinet.  Furniture are blocks of wood  used to lock the form in the chase.

Below, Left:  The entire panoramic mess.

Below Left and Right:  carving bench for lino and wood cuts.  DO NOT ASSUME I'm any good at this!  But it's fun.

Farther Below:
  A wood cut is locked into a home-made tympan frame and frisket to hold both the inked cut and the piece to be printed.  The proof press is from ca. 1900.


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