I recently made some dollies for moving presses and type cabinets. They are designed to work with a toe jack, which is also shown in the pictures. Essentially you jack up the press onto pieces of 2×4s, going one level at a time, then when you are above the height of the dolly, you lift […]
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Moving a No. 4, Some Disassembly Required
I’m getting ready to have my No. 4 moved, and unfortunately the riggers are saying it will require some disassembly. The plan is to remove the carriage, then the bed, and then treat the cabinet as a separate piece (drawers removed of course). I’m familiar with most of the tips to remove the feedboard, handles, […]
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Can someone recommend someone who can move a vandy 4 from Seattle to Maryland? I don’t have the equipment or manpower at the moment.
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I am about to be a new caretaker for a potter (not sure which edition, I think maybe a #2) which currently lives in a multi-level basement with several staircases. I was wondering how you would go about moving a press in this situation? I read somewhere that it can be 800 lbs, which makes […]
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Does anyone have experience moving a composing room cylinder press? I am hoping to move one, which I think is a #17, but I was not sure if there is an intelligent way to move it into my space. I’m specifically wondering if the cylinder can be easily removed from the bed and easily reattached afterwards as […]
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Hello folks, Alright, I’ve hired a rigger to move my press out of its current location in Memphis & we’re trucking it down to New Orleans. Can anyone advise me on something I can build to move the press from the truck, down the ramp, into the door, and into the front room? If I […]
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Greetings! I have recently made a purchase of a Universal III press and am currently ironing out shipping. The sole wrinkle in getting this press into my studio is that the carriage is too wide for a few interior doors (this is a old home) by three inches. My two options are to keep said […]
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Hey Folks, I was wondering if anybody has some good tips about moving a press (the UNI I above) from a second floor? I’m in the process of getting a quote from a crane service, but I fear the price is going to be a lot more then I can afford right now. I’m wondering […]
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Hi All! Thanks to great advice obtained here and form the folks on letpress, we successfully moved an SP-15 and a C&P 8×12 this weekend, from a basement location to the shop out back of our house. Key to the process, other than caution and moving slowly and carefully, was the use of a Maasdam […]
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Hi All! I’m a newbie here, with an SP-15 (and a smaller C&P of as yet undetermined size) ready to be restored, both in a basement. I checked out the logistics thoroughly today, and it appears I will not be able to move either press fully assembled. I’ve done a good bit of searching in […]
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Lorenzo Pellegrinelli, of Niemand Private Press in Milan, sent a link to this video of a No.3 old style Vandercook being offloaded from a truck by crane. This is the same press (sn: 7870) that was up for auction in The Netherlands in September. The feed board does not appear to exist.
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Ok. I won’t tell the whole story to not bore you but very shortly: SP-15 moved by the sellers, no hassle, 30 min. job. 2 men needed. No. 4 moved by printing equipment sellers. From a metal shop to my studio. Big big hassle, no moving equipment or tools whatsoever, except some pipes and pieces […]
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