I am looking for a motor speed reducer for a #4. This press belongs to Gray Zeitz, who is the nicest person you’ll ever meet, has a beard like ZZ top, and has been hand setting & printing books at Larkspur Press for 35 years. He’s charged me with getting this press running, and this […]
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Creasing/Die-cutting on a Vandercook?
Alot of cutting and creasing in the UK seems to be done on Heidlebergs – I haven’t got one of those, so my question is this: does any one use their Vandercook for cutting and/or creasing and if so what do you use? For cutting I assume you would pack/protect the cylinder from the die […]
MoreVandercook & Sons Metal Fabricating Pin Punch
I spotted this on ebay “370033826590”:http://cgi.ebay.com/VANDERCOOK-SONS-METAL-FABRICATING-PIN-PUNCH-CHICAGO_W0QQitemZ370033826590QQihZ024QQcategoryZ104238QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD4VQQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p1638.m124 – somebody might be interested – what is it? John arcane devices
MoreImprovised photopolymer bases
I was recently asked about a homemade photopolymer base I use at The Arm and thought it would be of value to post the reply here where it might be of use to others. “The base you saw at The Arm was an acrylic base with an aluminum surface laminated to it. It works okay, […]
Morevandercook 11 block leveler
The airlines have conspired to strand me in the NY area. So I decided to send you all a note from red hook. Unfortunately, I won’t have time to visit the Arm this time, but i did spend a week at the Dale Guild in NJ, and took some pictures of Theo’s vandercook block leveler. […]
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