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Evening Star, Issue 23373, 16 September 1939, Page 6

Things to Do and Make By Handicraft DO YOUR OWN PRINTING * A HECTOGRAPH FOR YOUR HOME Just imagine how thrilling it will be to print off scores oj sheets from the one written or typewritten copy or drawing. Such a method is possible with a hectograph pad. You will be able to print pamphlets and letter si for distribution, concert tickets, posters, Christmas cards, and the like, and secretaries of various junior clubs will find the hectograph to be a most useful device when sending out notices. From your chemist purchase 3oz. of gelatine and ISoz. by weight of glycerine. Place the gelatine in a bowl, and, after covering it with cold water, allow it to soak overnight. In the morning pour off the water to leave the soft and swelled gelatine. Now pour the 15oz. of glycerine into a saucepan, and stand this saucepan in a much larger one containing water. Place these saucepans over a flame until the glycerine reaches a temperature of about 90 deg. Centigrade (almost boiling point). Now you can add the softened gelatine, and continue with the heating for a few hours to expel all of the water In the gelatine. It is necessary to use the double boiler to prevent the gelatine from catching and perhaps burning, in which case the mixture would be spoilt. A clean tin tray measuring lOin. x Sin. x lin. will be just a nice size to contain the hectograph composition. Pour the gelatine and glycerine mixture into the tray, which should be resting on a perfectly horizontal surface, and then allow it to stand for at least six hours to cool off and set. If any bubbles form while pouring wipe the surface of the rectograph, while it is hot, with the straight edge of a sheet of paper, so that the bubbles are drawn to the sides of the tray, where they will not cause trouble. When not in use always the tray You are invited to attend an EXHIBITION OF ARTS AND CRAFTS by local children INTNETOWAUL Y/LD. 2*9 MON! WE. OH DRAW THEtOWTNTHE USUAL WM ON SMOOTH PAPER., WITH A SOFT INDELIBIE.PEHOL OR. HECTOGRAPH tTX.OR ELSE. USE HECroGRAPHCARSON PAPER. THE. "COPY" covered with a piece of tin, glass, or other such material to prevent dust and fluff from settling on the surface of the pad. While the hectograph mixture is cooling you can prepare your "copy,” and cut the printing paper to the correct size. The easiest way to make the “copy” Is to write or draw in the usual fashion with a soft Indelible pencil on a piece of smooth, hard paper (fig. 2). Then when the hectograph mixture has set you can place one edge of the “copy" face down on the pad, and, while using a cloth to press the "copy” down evenly, lower the rest of it on to the hectograph surface. To make the printing stage easy you should place pieces of paper, which are cut as shown in flg. 3, in at least two corners of the “copy," while it is on the pad. Allow the "copy” to remain on the pad for about one minute, and then you can raise it by one corner and peel It off. You will find that a reversed copy TIN mt COW PRESSED PACE. PCWN V ON PAD. HECTOGRAPH PAD iOp\ REGISTERS TO CNL, CORRECT 'LAY" FOR. PEItOTNC SHEETS—(PACT OF TIN CUT AW-TO SHOW PAD) <D PUTTING DOWN tDPY"ON PAD... of your work has been perfectly reproduced on the gelatine surface. Straightaway you should start taking off the prints from the hectograph. If you do not print from the pad for some time you will notice that the writing or drawing on the surface has soaked down into the pad, and will not give off good clear proofs. Place the edge of a piece of printing paper in just the right position on the registers, lower the sheet on to the pad, press over the entire surface of the paper with the palm of the hand, peel the paper off the pad, and you will find that a perfect proof has been printed on the paper. Continue In this way until the desired number of sheets have been printed, or until the proofs become faint. As the printing progresses you will need to allow the sheets of paper to remain on the pad for a longer period. Before putting down a new "copy” on the hectograph pad It will be necessary to melt down the mixture in the tray over a vessel, such as a copper containing steaming hot water, or else you should leave the pad standing for at least 24 hours. If this is not done the first “copy” shows up faintly through the next that is being printed. When melting down tfy to prevent the steam from settling on the pad surface. ; A “copy” made with an indelible pencil is quite satisfactory for a comparatively small number of proofs, but if you wish to take off more than, say, 50, it will be advisable to use hectograph Ink :or hectograph carbon paper, which can be purchased from a stationer’s, or else a firm that stocks typewriter materials; Hectograph Ink can be made up by mixing 2 drachms of methyl-violet aniline, 2 drachms of spirit, and 2 drachms of glycerine in a one-ounce bottle. These PRINTING PAPER. HECTOGRAPH > PAD 0 PRINTING PROM PAP ingredients can be purchased from a chemist. When the aniline has thoroughly dissolved fill the bottle with water, stir the contents, and the Ink will be ready for use. This ink can be used with an ordinary nib, but you should be careful not to let it c6me in contact with any good article or material, as it Is really a dye that Is very difficult to remove. The hectograph carbon paper Is used In the same way as the common carbon paper. The carbon "copy” thus made Is put down on the hectograph pad as described above. USEFUL KNITTING BAG Now that the knitting, season is here, knitters will appreciate this easily made knitting bag with a special compartment on one side, in which you ban carry an extra set of finer needles and a thermos You will require half a yard of deck chair canvas, which is 18 , Inches wide, and a small bone or brass ring through which the wool end is pulled. This is attached close to the handles. . Prom one cut side of your material take a strip about four Inches wide, fold over and machine on the wrong side, then turn and press. This makes a good solid handle for the bag. To make the bag itself, fold the material over about two inches on one side, then fold half of this small f6ld making a double one-inch' fold. Now fold the bag exactly In half, so that the double fold lies in and on the right side of the material. Machine firmly along the side, having actually four thicknesses of material, and along the base of the bag, which can be shaped in a semi-circular manner, as Illustrated. Turn on the right side, attach the handle and the small ring at the top, and you will find this a practical gift which any knitter will very much appreciate. flask. back again, thus COVERED BOXES For your friend’s birthday make your gift attractive by enclosing It In a gaily coloured box and covering it with cellophane paper. You can procure sheets of gaily printed paper at any stationer’s for a few pence, and you will no doubt be able to find plenty of odd plain boxes at home that are suitable for covering. The small box Illustrated is covered in a holly design, and is suitable for using for, a brooch or beads, or even a handkerchief. ; The box is tied with a bow of scarlet ribbon and then covered with cellophane oaper. Your gift when done up In this way ooks so much more attractive and the recipient of it will appreciate the little extra trouble you have gone to for her.