rub strips – Timothy Moore Bookbinding Tools

#62 Soldering Brass Corner Braces

I have found three shapes of extruded brass that are suitable for making braces to protect the bottom corners of moulds. The largest size is a true half round 1/2″ wide and 1/4″ thick. The other two are roughly half oval. One is 1/2″ wide and about 1/8″ thick and the other 3/8″ wide by 3/32″ thick. IContinue reading “#62 Soldering Brass Corner Braces”

#14 Fitting Corner Braces

For these moulds both the braces and rub strips are made from polycarbonate sheet. To make rub strips narrow pieces are sawed and cut to length. Like the braces they are made slightly oversized and trimmed off later. Rub strips are attached with brass escutcheon pins. They are drilled in the same way that theContinue reading “#14 Fitting Corner Braces”

Further thoughts on mould construction

Those of you who are interested in paper mould construction may wish to read comments posted by Serge Pirard of Belgium. Serge studied with the late Ron Macdonald and makes moulds in the same tradition. His comments appear at the bottom of my September 14th post about repairing a paper mould.

Repairing a broken paper mould

A lot of gorgeous paper was made on this mould before it broke. I undertook to return it to a useable condition and learned a few things in the process. The mould had problems with sides that warped outwards. Braces had been added to restrain this but weakened the mould frame, resulting in a breakContinue reading “Repairing a broken paper mould”