I just purchased a Vandercook 099 Proofpress (https://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/timeline/2/#099). It is in great working condition and has been well taken care of. I have experience with a Vandercook press but not this one. I have to ink the plate by hand and then place the paper on the form (it did not come with the optional […]
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Restoring an SP-20 (i.e. hunting for parts)
Hello all – – I had the great fortune of saving an SP20 from the scrapyard earlier this Spring. However, it was not quite as complete as I remembered it being when I first found it last Fall. Someone clearly attempted to dismantle it sometime in its history, then abandoned it, and the only old […]
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This post related to Hand gripper lever for a No. 3. –PM: Here’s a quick sketch. I don’t have a #3 around me, but if the Gripper Trip Lever is anything like a #4 or an SP-20, you can undo the top 2 screws and let it swing free, slide the tube over, and reassemble.
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
MoreVandercook to the rescue
I was visiting our machine shop we use occasionally in Durango last week and Jim Melcher, co-owner of Melcher Machine Works was turning down the end shaft of a huge steel forging used in a coal mine. He handed me some shavings laying near the lathe and asked me if I knew what it was, […]
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