Boggs Graphics has a model 22 up for auction on 1/25. What is a model 22? Hope all is well and that you are safe and healthy lad
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Challenge 15MP Chatters
My daughter has a Challenge 15MP. Sometimes when she returns the carriage to the feedboard, the gears “chatter,” that is, the gears are not matching up and it makes the carriage shake. I’ve looked at it and don’t see anything obviously wrong. I did note that she does not turn the power inking off when […]
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The “catch” that holds the “vibrator assembly” isn’t doing a very good job of securing the vibrator assembly in the “up” position. I can’t tell whether its spring loaded to keep the pressure on or whether gravity is suppose to do the job. Its dirty up in there and i will clean it, but if […]
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I bought a SP15 a couple of years ago. The rollers were/are clean and seem to work fine, but they are shiny and quite hard. However, after reading a recent post on Briarpress about cleaning rollers I wonder if mine are glazed and need to be deglazed (or possibly recovered). Certainly, the rollers are not […]
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Before I begin, let me say: I do not need a motor and do not anticipate that I will need one anytime soon (or hope that I don’t). I am posting in hopes of inspiring some knowledgeable comments about replacement motors. In recent weeks, Katie Harper successfully replaced Sp15 motor. There was another post by […]
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This past January, we took a three-day letterpress course from Frank Brannon at Bookworks in Asheville, NC. The letterpress bug bit and we bought an SP-15 at auction from Boggs Graphics in Ohio. The press was very clean and in excellent shape, but it had manual inking. After some tries to use the press without […]
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