325 Cylinder rack trip/print positions - Posted January 12, 2009
Vanderblog stalwart Eric Holub sent these photos of the cylinder trip rack on his 325G to help Kyle van Horn solve his alignment problem. The first pair shows the rack in trip (whole assembly, then close-up) and the second pair shows it in print (whole assembly, then close-up).
325 Mis-alignment question - Posted January 4, 2009
Happy New Year all –
I have a question for the masses – I’ll try to keep this concise. The shop I work in has a 325 that has forever seemed to have issues. We solved it various ways – extra packing being one, realizing it needed a bed plate was another (that helped!). We also know that when it was moved into the space, it was disassembled and moved (whereas most were hauled up intact).
Whilst printing some large pages recently, I decided something was truly wrong with the press. With some encouragement from my usual support, I disassembled the Trip/Print rack assembly. . .
Vandercook Book - Posted January 3, 2009
I just had the opportunity to sit down with a copy of the Vandercook Book assembled by Roni Gross and Barbara Henry of the Center For Book Arts. It was clearly a massive undertaking and it was worth the effort. Huge congratulations to the Center, to Roni and Barbara, and to those who contributed work.
More info on the project can be found here: http://www.ronigrossdesign.com/thevanderbook
Happy Vanderyear! - Posted January 1, 2009
I want to wish everyone a productive year of printing for pleasure and/or profit. Here’s a photo of R.O. Vandercook at a trade show circa 1930 with his ever-present pipe and those spooky deep set eyes. (Courtesy of NA Graphics)
