Stampomatica DIY kit User manual

HOWto
MAKE a
PoSTCARD
PrESSA practical guide for the Initiates
to Stampomatica’s Art and
the 3D-Letterpress Enigmas
in other words
How to assembly your first
Stampomatica’s DIY kit

1
It always starts by opening a box...

small metal components + wooden ring + felt + 1.5mm Allen Key
X packet
Y packet
white paper postcards (A6 format) + rubber roller
2

3
4 x brass washers
1 x Allen key
2 x grains
4 x notched washers
6 x black nuts
8 x brass cap nuts
2 x long threaded rods (A)
2 x short threaded rods (B)
16 x wooden rings

4
Start assemblying the nine elements that compose the load of the postcard press.

Join the nine identical parts,using the
short threaded rods (A), insert them in
the holes, as shown in the picture.
5

Fix the structure tightening four brass cap nuts on the rod’s ends.
6

Select from the DIY kit the parts shown
in the picture: they’ll be the press base.
7

Connect the two frameworks, building a cross.
8

Put the plane together the cross.
9

10
Choose from the DIY kit the small alike sides, as shown in the picture.

Join the parts through the squared holes.
11

Take from the DIY kit the long side without Stampomatica’s logo.
12

Put the long side together the assemled parts.
13

14
Take from the DIY kit the four levers.

15
Take one of the black grains from the X packet.

Before screwing it with the Allen
key, the grain must be perpendicular
on the flat surface of the lever.
16
Insert its conical tip in the little
hole on one of the levers.

Screw the grain into the little hole of the first lever.
17

18
Before reaching the outside with the grain’s conical
tip, put together a second lever: then restart
screwing, getting the two parts closer by hand.
The grain, with its thread,
will fasten the two parts.

19
Using the last grain in the X packet, repeat steps
from 15 to 18 to connect the second couple of levers.