I’m (still) refurbishing a Vandercook 320, and I’ve started attacking the gripper bar. I have it all apart and clean enough to handle, but I have noticed that the studs that hold and adjust the sheet guides seem to be a little off-square. It looks somewhat like the result of crashing the guides (several times), […]
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Mystery assembly adjustment on Vandercook 320
I’m fixing up a filthy Vandercook 320 press, and I’ve just been cleaning up the carrier mechanism for the form rollers. I stripped everything off the carriage including the LN-19 Ink Frame Brackets (one on each side). The parts have been cleaned and now it’s time to reassemble things. Reattaching the LN-19’s leaves me with […]
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I recently helped someone with his SP-15. One of his problems was that one of the roller height adjustment knobs had broken due to an impact. His press had knobs of solid plastic, sort of pear-shaped with a tapered stem. I installed a replacement knob which was round with a brass threaded insert. He also […]
MoreA novel solution to incorrect form roller diameter
I was recently trying to set the form (inking) roller height on an SP15 and found that I was unable to properly set the gear-driven one (nearer the impression drum). There was no way the back end (closer to the gear) could drop down far enough. I measured the rollers and found that, instead of […]
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