Scratchmo
Elite Cafe Member
I just cleared out my storage box and took pics of everything. I came across this machine I picked up many years ago and think I have it figured out but I'm wondering if anyone else on the forum has seen or used such a thing.
I believe it is used for shade lines on printing plates. A plate is mounted in the middle, and the device can be advanced an equal amount with each scribed line. With the rotary feature, one can produce concentric curved lines, or used in conjunction with the straight line feature for radiant lines.
It just has a scribing point that is pushed down like on a pantograph. I think the idea was to just scribe through a resist and then acid etch the lines.
Also, a lot of my other equipment (mostly minting equipment) is on my Facebook page...
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2028788&id=1525372521
Sorry, I tried several times, but I can't upload the pics for the liner machine, but it's in my facebook album.
I believe it is used for shade lines on printing plates. A plate is mounted in the middle, and the device can be advanced an equal amount with each scribed line. With the rotary feature, one can produce concentric curved lines, or used in conjunction with the straight line feature for radiant lines.
It just has a scribing point that is pushed down like on a pantograph. I think the idea was to just scribe through a resist and then acid etch the lines.
Also, a lot of my other equipment (mostly minting equipment) is on my Facebook page...
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2028788&id=1525372521
Sorry, I tried several times, but I can't upload the pics for the liner machine, but it's in my facebook album.