Re: OT printing presses


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Posted by Todd Wilson on Monday, November 03, 2008 at 22:35:43 :

In Reply to: OT printing presses posted by Judd on Monday, November 03, 2008 at 15:26:19 :

Hay big dog.........What you got there is a really nice antique letterpress setup. Platen press and a Meihle. Hard to tell in the pictures of its a rotary or a flatbed. Looks like you got printers drawers for the type. A composition table and a stone for lock up. Looks like you got lots of chases and coins. The saws were used to cut the metal lead strips to fit in when you locked up a job. Used it spacing of the type.Looks like you got some old fashion cast type and some lead type as well. A proof press.

Unless you can find a museum its all scrap metal. No commercial job shop will be interested i any of it except maybe the Meihle. The type drawers could be sold st flea markets. The saw might see life cutting something else in a shop. The sigs might fetch some $$$ t collectors. Thats the "pieces of type" that are logos or pictures and stuff.

Good to see the old iron around. I used to do some type work a long time ago.


Todd




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