wire straightening – Timothy Moore Bookbinding Tools

#59 OOPS!

A spoiled facing. This was to be a post about improvement. The laid wires were straighter and the facing much improved. Instead, in a few thoughtless seconds, scrap! After the laid facing was completely finished I cranked too far and look what happened. The bottom of the wire twisting mechanism started to run into theContinue reading “#59 OOPS!”

#58 Making a Very Fine Laid Facing

At 30 wires per inch this is the finest facing I’ve ever made. After running tests to see what size chain wire to use I set out to make a facing for a 12″ x 18″ mould. The laid wires are .0144″ diameter 3/4 hard phosphor bronze and the chain wire is .0102″ diameter annealedContinue reading “#58 Making a Very Fine Laid Facing”

#47 Making a 24″ x 36″ Laid Facing

The largest laid facing I’ve made measured 30″ x 40″ but that was more than twenty years ago. Until now I hadn’t hadn’t made a very large facing on my new loom. There was no reason to think that it wouldn’t work but I was pleased to get a positive result. This mould maker’s loomContinue reading “#47 Making a 24″ x 36″ Laid Facing”

#20 Making Laid Facings

For a detailed look at how this loom functions go this site: paper.lib.uiowa.edu/epm*. Here you will find an extensive list of related internet links. Near the bottom of the list select “Z3”. It will take you to a video that I made of the process of making a laid facing on this loom. The qualityContinue reading “#20 Making Laid Facings”

#19 Straightening Paper Mould Laid Wires

I am leaving the original text in place but commenting in bold text to update the information. I have recently straightened all of my different sizes of laid wire using only one bank of rollers to remove the cast. All of the wires were straight enough for making laid facings for moulds. Wire can beContinue reading “#19 Straightening Paper Mould Laid Wires”