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17 Jun

Early Vandercook Manufacturing

This plaque, on a 1919 model 20 (SN 1103, owned by John Horn), begs the question: when did Vandercook & Sons begin manufacturing—-or at least assembling—-presses in-house? Fritz says that he has not come across any documents in reference to outsourcing manufacturing for this period. However, he does have information on later subcontracted production. An [...]

01 Jun

Help ID old Vandercook

I need help identifying my Vandercook. There is no model number anywhere on the press (nor any serial number), the plate states only “Vandercook Roller Series Proof Press”. There are 4 patent dates, all in 1914. It looks like the 17 or a member of the 15 family as seen on the Vandercook website. The [...]

28 Apr

Early Vandercook Manufacturing

This plaque, on a 1919 model 20 (SN 1103, owned by John Horn), begs the question: when did Vandercook & Sons begin manufacturing—-or at least assembling—-presses in-house? Fritz says that he has not come across any documents in reference to outsourcing manufacturing for this period. However, he does have information on later subcontracted production.
An undated [...]

17 Jan

Composing Room Cylinder

As of last Friday, my boss has asigned me the job of putting back together the disassembled Vandercook Composing Room Cylinder we have here in our shop. I have been having a hard time locating pictures of this model. Does anyone have any photos of it, or dare I say, any instruction manuals for it? [...]

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