Today I was down at Swansea Print Workshop and one of the little squeegees gave up the ghost, the old rubber blade split. No problem, it can be repaired. I removed the three crosshead screws holding it into the wooden handle and prised the broken blade out with a flathead screwdriver, wriggling it at both ends until it came out. Then I measured and marked a section the same length from a roll of squeegee blade. It was tough and needed a sturdy Stanley knife for the job … the craft knife wouldn’t touch it. Finally, I tried to fit the new blade into the old slot. It wouldn’t go!!!!! It may be that the new blade is in Metric and the old handle Imperial. So that’s as far as I got today. The slot in the handle needs a bit of sanding, or maybe a router can do it.
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