Review on 🖼️ All-Steel Basic Etching Press Ideal for Printmaking: Block, Etching, and Monotype Printing | 9.75" L × 12.375" W × 6.75" H by Kelly Caballes

After a few days of fiddling I managed to get the press working fine and am happy with the prints. There were no instructions in the box, I've never owned and never used a printing press, so my setup is the result of a google search and a youtube video (Fome and Creative Mark engravers appear to be identical, Jerry's Artarama and Jackson's Art had lots of useful feedback and information) A few things helped: 1. Lubricate all moving parts2. Fix the press firmly on the work surface 3. Make guides (of the same material as the block), to place them on the sides of the press bed to adjust the upper roller to the correct height4. The top roll must be pressed down hard enough to allow the bottom roll to grip and move the press bed5. If you apply a lot of pressure, you may need to give the plate an extra push to make it pass through the rollers. Unfortunately, the bottom roll will not reliably engage/engage the metal press bed. Putting tape on the bottom of the sheet works, but the tape tends to chew. Instead, I use a sheet of plywood (½ inch or thinner, trimmed at home) under the press's metal bed. This appears to give the rollers enough traction to engage and advance the press bed. the bottom roll will not securely engage/engage the metal press bed. Putting tape on the bottom of the sheet works, but the tape tends to chew. Instead, I use a sheet of plywood (½ inch or thinner, trimmed at home) under the press's metal bed. This appears to give the rollers enough traction to engage and advance the press bed. the bottom roll will not securely engage/engage the metal press bed. Putting tape on the bottom of the sheet works, but the tape tends to chew. Instead, I use a sheet of plywood (½ inch or thinner, trimmed at home) under the press's metal bed. This seems to give the reels enough traction to engage and advance the press bed. Instead, I use a sheet of plywood (½ inch or thinner, trimmed at home) under the press's metal bed. This appears to give the rollers enough traction to engage and advance the press bed. the bottom roll will not securely engage/engage the metal press bed. Putting tape on the bottom of the sheet works, but the tape tends to chew. Instead, I use a sheet of plywood (½ inch or thinner, trimmed at home) under the press's metal bed. This appears to give the rollers enough traction to engage and advance the press bed. Instead I use a sheet of plywood (½ inch or thinner, trimmed at home) under the metal bed of the press. This appears to give the rollers enough traction to engage and advance the press bed. the bottom roll will not securely engage/engage the metal press bed. Putting tape on the bottom of the sheet works, but the tape tends to chew. Instead, I use a sheet of plywood (½ inch or thinner, trimmed at home) under the press's metal bed. This appears to give the rollers enough traction to engage and advance the press bed. the bottom roll will not securely engage/engage the metal press bed. Putting tape on the bottom of the sheet works, but the tape tends to chew. Instead, I use a sheet of plywood (½ inch or thinner, trimmed at home) under the press's metal bed. This appears to give the rollers enough traction to engage and advance the press bed. the bottom roll will not securely engage/engage the metal press bed. Putting tape on the bottom of the sheet works, but the tape tends to chew. Instead, I use a sheet of plywood (½ inch or thinner, trimmed at home) under the press's metal bed. This appears to give the rollers enough traction to engage and advance the press bed. to engage and advance the press bed. the bottom roll will not securely engage/engage the metal press bed. Putting tape on the bottom of the sheet works, but the tape tends to chew. Instead, I use a sheet of plywood (½ inch or thinner, trimmed at home) under the press's metal bed. This appears to give the rollers enough traction to engage and advance the press bed. to engage and advance the press bed. the bottom roll will not securely engage/engage the metal press bed. Putting tape on the bottom of the sheet works, but the tape tends to chew. Instead, I use a sheet of plywood (½ inch or thinner, trimmed at home) under the press's metal bed. This appears to give the rollers enough traction to engage and advance the press bed. trimmed at home) under the metal bed of the press. This appears to give the rollers enough traction to engage and advance the press bed. trimmed at home) under the metal bed of the press. This appears to give the rollers enough traction to engage and advance the press bed.