Hi all, Someone at Briar Press suggested that I post here since you are the Vandercook experts! As a new Vandercook Universal III owner, I’ve got a couple of issues going on that I’m hoping some of you can help me out with: 1. The power carriage seems to go out and back just fine […]
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Vandercook 32-28E for sale
This is an excellent large format Vandercook press. I have wired it up for a test run to a portable generator and it glides smoothly down the track. There is a large metal plate in the bed in the image above that can easily be removed to allow for type high lock-ups. It is classified […]
MoreIs there an SP-15 specific full moon?
We have a new (to us) SP-15, no manual, sadly. The front rubber roller adjustment knobs very suddenly stopped moving. At all. If it were one side or the other, that would be one thing, but they are both immobile, and they had been turning fine earlier in the day. I removed the roller, and […]
MoreSP 15 gripper release and carriage stop
I am working with an sp 15 that doesn’t stop at the end of its run, also the grippers will not release. Are these two issues related? Am I missing a part? Thank you. Sally Faulkner
MoreUniversal I Press Track Moving and a roller issue
Hello My name is Rob Wilson and I am a student printer at The University of Arizona. Last night durning class we had a few issues with one of our Universal I Vandercooks, First the rear inking roller locked up and would both not freely roll and was not allowing the rollers to be raised. What we did […]
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Vandercook SP15 Press # 25159 The support roller (I think that’s what that is) on the non-operator side of my press is not contacting the rail. The operator side seems fine. Why are mine made out of steel, but the ones in the manual are nylon, and there are four of them. Is this the […]
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I’m getting the rollers for my Universal I recovered and noticed when I was making a case for them, that one roller has got straight edges, the other slightly tapered edges. Is there any particular reason?
More15-21, roller issue
This may prove painfully obvious, but here are the details of my issue, which I’m hoping someone out there may be able to help me with. Running a sheet through the press over a 2-page spread of metal type, head to foot, without ink I’m getting a good, clean, even impression. I then set my […]
MoreRare No. 119 Proving Machine
Recently, I toured Thornwillow Press in Newburgh, New York where amongst the numerous letterpress equipment on premises is a 1927 Vandercook No. 119 Proving Machine. (The image at left is its entry in one of the early sales record books.) Currently, this press is the only known example of the model in the census.* In […]
MoreVandercook #4 gripper adjustment
We are going through the process of getting our Vandrcook #4 back into use. One issue we have almost solved is the grippers did not move either at the feed table end or the tail end of the bed. In addition, the foot pedal would not move the grippers at the feed table end. We […]
MoreVandercook Model No.14
Hi there, I have just picked up an old No. 14 Vandercook Proofing Press, model no. 7459 from Wellington NZ. The cylinder spent the weekend soaking in a bucket of diesel to un-sieze the mechanism and is now moving beautifully. Judging by the off-set on the cylinder packing, it was possibly printing in South Africa, […]
MoreVandercook ‘The British’ for sale
Hi all, i posted a while ago asking about my 4C MK2 (serial 6453/4) Vandercook press. Just like to say thanks heaps to all who commented and gave me info on the machine, I really did appreciate it. However, it all seemed too hard so I have listed it on ebay (australia) this week. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/printing-press-vandercook-typeset-/180676010370?pt=AU_Business_Industrial_Printing_Equipment&hash=item2a11212182 […]
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