Aug 07 2009
DIY Letterpress Machine
Have I confessed my love of letterpress here yet? As some of you may know, I run another blog called I Love Letterpress (not updated frequently). I recently posted about a soon-to-be released product called the L Letterpress machine by Lifestyle Craft and just had to share the info here, too.
The L Letterpress is a kit that is used in conjunction with the Epic Six Tool (a die cut and embossing machine).
{The Entire Kit}
{Some of the printing plates}
{Ink colors}
{Editing to add video of the L Letterpress in action}
The L Letterpress is due on the shelves this Fall. What do you think?
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As a budding designer, this is a tool I am very interested in learning more about. I wonder, however, if like real letterpress, the user will be able to purchase personalized plates for their own designs, and how one might go about doing more intricate work like invitations and save the dates.
I hope this set is budget friendly! I lust over letterpress but can’t really afford it.
How do the alphabet plates work? Do you have to print each letter individually if you want to spell something out, or are they individual letters you can place in a holder and print out a work or name with one pass through the machine?
I mean word or a name
That looks really good, but I too wonder if it is budget-friendly. I’m assuming not if it requires that additional machine, though.
Hey DIYers, I found a retailer who has this available for pre-order. http://ucutathome.com
The full kit (machine + letterpress doohickey) is $134.99
The letterpress part only (this may work in other die cutting machines like the Cuttlebug or Big Shot – need to verify) and that’s going for $62.99.
Not too bad! I was expecting it to be in the $200 – $300 range.
Thank you thank you thank you!! I’ve just been agonizing over what to do about invitations that needed to go out about YESTERDAY, & here I JUST MAY have found a solution! I hope this can be ordered & set up pronto! I LOVE letterpress too but have been shrieking over the price!!
C
Thank you!!
I found a critique online with a video demo. Looks very interesting…. Can’t wait to see more of it
http://www.craftcritique.com/2009/07/cha-coverage-lifestyle-crafts.html
Can’t wait to hear your review.
Cant wait to hear what else you have to say!
Anne, it looks like the letters are maybe sticky and adhere to one of the plates so you should be able to print a name in one pass. The downside is going to be you’ll need more than one set of letters if you have words or names that have multiples of the same letters. (It looks like the alphabets have only 1 of each letter.) Otherwise, you’ll have to do it in multiple passes and I’m pretty sure that would be a major pain in the butt.
Thanks, Abby! That’s very helpful!
I was wondering if you can customize your own design plate, if so how does it work with the DIY Letterpress Machine. This is really interesting.
As far as I know, the company will not offer materials and supplies to make DIY plates. That said, I have a strong feeling that one can create plates (have a tutorial on that coming up soon for something else) that can be used with the L Letterpress set up.
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Hi! This is Michelle from Lifestyle Crafts, the creator of the L Letterpress. Thanks for your comments and interest in our new product line! I thought I’d answer a few of your questions…
…our printing plates come with an double-sided adhesive sheet that is used to adhere the plates to the L Letterpress tool so you can print as many plates as you’d like at one time.
…the current alphabet printing plate designs are designed to be used as monograms. You could of course use them to spell a word or name but the size and design probably functions best as a monogram.
…the other printing plate skus available all contain a variety of phrase dies that work well for many different occasions
…we are going to offer a custom program that will be announced very soon! This will allow you to create your own words, phrases designs etc.
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