[5462] in APO Printshop
Re: Fwd: Letterpress
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lori Tsuruda)
Sat Sep 6 23:54:42 2008
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 23:54:07 -0400
From: "Lori Tsuruda" <lori@pmd.org>
To: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.mit.edu>
Cc: apo-exec@mit.edu, apo-printshop@mit.edu, holmesmd@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64L.0809062338280.7887@m66-080-14.mit.edu>
Sorry, I'm booked until 11/3.
I have barely enough time to attend the chapter/exec meetings as an
advisor this term.
Yilfs,
Lori
On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 11:44 PM, Leonard H Tower Jr. <tower@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> LORI:
>
> want to either train or qualify him?
> ----
>
> EVERYONE:
>
> if no one has an objection,
> i'll offer to train him on the letterpress,
> and babysit him in the APOffice occasionally
>
> i'll email him sometime on Monday
>
> i'll be clear, he can't have unsupervised access to the shop
>
> i'll also point out the etching press at the SAA etching press
> http://saa.mit.edu/classes/index.php?id=twod&quarter=Fall&qyear=2008
> and the LSC offset facility
>
> yiLFS -len
>
> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:23:17 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Mandi Holmes <holmesmd@MIT.EDU>
> To: apo-printshop@mit.edu
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Letterpress
>
>
>
> On Fri, 5 Sep 2008, Samuel Evans wrote:
>
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > Mike Tarkanian is a technical instructor in the department of Materials
> > Science and Engineering at MIT. I've worked with him on several projects
> > at
> > MIT.
> >
> > He's interested in using our letter press to learn its operation.
> >
> > He is skilled in metallurgy and machining, among other talents. He might
> > be
> > willing to manufacture custom letter press blocks, if you are interested.
> > He is not a current or former APO brother.
> >
> > Please forward this request to the letter press people, and copy Mike on it
> > (tarky@mit.edu). I don't remember the proper e-mail list, so I'm asking
> > you
> > all.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Yilfs,
> > Samuel
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Mike Tarkanian <tarky@mit.edu>
> > Date: Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 2:10 PM
> > Subject: Letterpress
> > To: Samuel J Evans <s_evans@mit.edu>
> >
> >
> > Hi Samuel-
> >
> > For a long time I've had a fascination with letterpress printing. I
> > happened
> > to see on the web that APO has (or had) a letterpress. Lately I've been
> > thinking it would be cool to make my own blocks with the CNC, lasercutter,
> > etc. So I went over to APO to see if I could see the letterpress -- the
> > office was closed but I noticed you're an officer.
> >
> > Could I check out the letterpress sometime? Does it actually get used? Can
> > MIT people use it or only APO? Think you guys would be interested in
> > getting
> > custom letterpress blocks??!!??
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > ------------------------------------
> > Materials Science and Engineering
> > Class of 2009
> > 301-908-6665 or 617-225-6322
> >
>
>
