First try casting strip material on Monotype composition caster
Channel: Kevin Martin
Date: 11/11/2020

I've converted my Monotype Composition Caster so it can cast strip material (leading and rule) instead of type. This was done with a mix of genuine Monotype parts along with several pieces of the linkage which I made myself. Using Lanston (American Monotype) parts on my English-made caster required a bit of a trick too, in order to get the pump to work.
This shows the first try at running this setup. It isn't producing very good results, but I hope that is mostly a matter of tuning things.
The mould produces a fin on the side of the material it casts, and a pair of blades is supposed to trim this off the finished material but I'm finding that this is jamming. It either needs some adjustment or my spring box needs to be stronger so it pushes harder when advancing the material.
I've already solved the jamming problem, details of this are in my blog post at https://papertrail.ca/blog/first-try-at-strip-cassting/