Comments on: Universal III carriage conversion http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/2008/01/universal-iii-carriage-conversion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=universal-iii-carriage-conversion A forum for all brands of flatbed cylinder proof presses Wed, 23 May 2012 01:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Arm NYC http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/2008/01/universal-iii-carriage-conversion/comment-page-1/#comment-1817 The Arm NYC Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:17:14 +0000 http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/2008/01/30/universal-iii-carriage-conversion/#comment-1817 Hello Paul, Perry Tymeson put me in touch with Chris on this a while back and he gave me a bunch of nice photos. What he has done here gave me the inspiration to work out a simple solution for the Uni III I am presently converting. Unlike the conversion Chris has done here, mine will completely eliminate the control box and control panel and replace the panel with a block off plate with only the stock running light and on/off switch and maybe a Vandercook world logo for good measure. I am also using a Vandercook dogleg crank handle that passes through the side cover as on the standard hand cranked Uni III and clears the roller trip lever without modification. Since these power driven Uni IIIs are aging and the replacement automation components are so expensive I feel that as time goes on there is bound to be an increasing demand for such a conversion. I have no intention of marketing the one I am working on, but am at least making sure that the parts are essentially bolt-on and made using CNC technology for ease of duplication. After all, I am aware of eight of these power Uni IIIs just in my local circle of contacts. And as some of them retire from production the availability of a conversion to hand crank may be just what is needed to save them from the scrap man. Daniel Morris The Arm Letterpress Brooklyn, NY Hello Paul,
Perry Tymeson put me in touch with Chris on this a while back and he gave me a bunch of nice photos. What he has done here gave me the inspiration to work out a simple solution for the Uni III I am presently converting.
Unlike the conversion Chris has done here, mine will completely eliminate the control box and control panel and replace the panel with a block off plate with only the stock running light and on/off switch and maybe a Vandercook world logo for good measure. I am also using a Vandercook dogleg crank handle that passes through the side cover as on the standard hand cranked Uni III and clears the roller trip lever without modification.
Since these power driven Uni IIIs are aging and the replacement automation components are so expensive I feel that as time goes on there is bound to be an increasing demand for such a conversion. I have no intention of marketing the one I am working on, but am at least making sure that the parts are essentially bolt-on and made using CNC technology for ease of duplication. After all, I am aware of eight of these power Uni IIIs just in my local circle of contacts. And as some of them retire from production the availability of a conversion to hand crank may be just what is needed to save them from the scrap man.

Daniel Morris
The Arm Letterpress
Brooklyn, NY

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