13 Jul
Posted by: maydaystudio 10 Comments
Catergory: Impression Cylinder, SP series
Hello! I’m new to the wild world of Vandercook ownership…and am hesitant to take apart the cylinder without first getting advice. Here are the details:
(1) I bought the press a little over a month ago, and noticed that the carriage was getting hung up (as if it had to scale a small hill) [...]
11 Jul
Posted by: Mike Day 9 Comments
Catergory: Impression Cylinder, Reprex
A couple of months back, I took off the gear racks, one side at a time and cleaned off 40 years of ink, grime and paper dust. All are back on in exactly the same position and tightened down with hex head screws. Nothing was dis-assembled from the roller carriage. Now, when the carriage [...]
28 Nov
Posted by: Sara S. 5 Comments
Catergory: Bearings, Impression Cylinder, No. 4
I’ve been working on and off for several months cleaning a Vandercook 4 that I purchased this summer. The press had been unused and in an Iowa garage for 5 years.
My problem: the cylinder carriage moves easily down the track in trip mode, but gets very tight in print mode once the cylinder trip rack [...]
12 Nov
Posted by: Russ Wiecking 17 Comments
Catergory: 315, Impression Cylinder, Restoration
Dear Presspersons, I have done some printing of wood and lino cuts and set so much type as would be barely noticeable under your fingernail. But in spite of this relative inexperience I have purchased a #315, sn 5562 to replace/compliment my #0. I have disassembled every moving part, cleaned and lubricated, re-packed the bearings, [...]
18 Oct
Posted by: Terry Chouinard 7 Comments
Catergory: Impression Cylinder
The press? A Universal 1 manual. The problem? A severe case of an undercut cylinder. How sever you ask? Say your normal depth of cylinder on a Uni 1 is what? .040 inches? .070 inches? This Uni? .160 inches. What packing can fill it? What top sheet can hold it?
What am I using for [...]
05 Sep
Posted by: edmond 5 Comments
Catergory: Impression Cylinder
Has anyone had experience using a split roller that allows for two different inks to be used on a single print run? Is it worth retrofitting a Uni to cut the printing time in half? Thank you for your thoughts!
05 Sep
Posted by: The Arm NYC 7 Comments
Catergory: Impression Cylinder, Makeready
I am trying to figure out what press this tympan clamp bar comes from. It doesn’t fint my SP-15, the Uni I has a slotted bar, and it is too short for the Uni III. Any ideas? It is 14 inches long, the outer pins are 11 1/2 inches on center, [...]
02 Sep
Posted by: Barbara Hauser 4 Comments
Catergory: Cylinder Gears, Impression Cylinder, Lubrication, No. 4, Restoration
Hello. I am a newbie in the process of restoring a Vandercook No. 4, SN 18794. My husband, who was in aerospace mechanical engineering for many years, is providing advice and much moral support. He was surprised when I told him that the procedure for lubricating the impression cylinder gear teeth was to apply a [...]
03 Aug
Posted by: Brittany Sanders 7 Comments
Catergory: Impression Cylinder, No. 3
Hello. I recently had my Vandercook No. 3 overhauled with a new paint job. While the press looks beautiful, the carriage with the cylinder no longer “locks” in place. I think something mechanical was painted over that should not have been, so if anyone has any suggestions about which part on my press [...]
14 Jun
Posted by: Paul Moxon, Moderator 5 Comments
Catergory: Impression Cylinder, Print/Trip Lever, SP series
I recently repaired an SP20 at the University of West Georgia on which the carriage had become stuck during the return travel. The photos above shows that top carriage bearings on the operator’s side had been removed during a previous repair attempt.
Typically what happens on SP series presses is that the trip spring inside [...]
14 May
Posted by: john christopher 9 Comments
Catergory: Impression Cylinder, SP series
hi all
I’m calling on the fount of collective knowledge here with a technical question. I’m refurbishing an sp-15, and as I was cleaning up the underside of the cylinder carriage I noticed that a rocking lever arm (what is I assume part of the trip mechanism) was sprung with a flat spring on one side [...]
11 Nov
Posted by: Duncan Dempster 4 Comments
Catergory: Impression Cylinder, Makeready
Can someone tell me about the characteristics and specs of a “tindeck blanket,” the original packing specified for the impression cylinder of my No.2 Proof Press, according to the model description on the vandy site. Just curious, never having come across one.
Thanks,
Duncan Dempster
Honolulu, Hawaii