Thank you all who responded to my inquirey about an automatic sheet feeder for the 10x15 C&P. As a result I have decided not to get this press as I am in need...
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Stan Nelson
nelson@...
May 1, 1998 7:32 pm
Dear Chad, One fairly useless thought in regards to finding an automatic fed platen press. I have been around (but have not operated) the Heidelberg Windmill...
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Cy Stapleton
hotline@...
May 1, 1998 8:51 pm
The recommendation of a Windmill is by far the best choice. A decent used one can be occasionally found for around $6,000US. A 12x18 Kluge with Rice Feeder in...
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Richard733
Richard733@...
May 1, 1998 9:29 pm
Lets not forget the original workhorse of letterpress. The Miehle Vertical. This started as a V-36, progressed to a V-45 and finally the V-50. There are quite...
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Charles Jones
cjones@...
May 1, 1998 11:14 pm
... Sadly, Mr. Pittman died recently. Charles Jones Charles D. Jones Artist/Printmaker/Fiddler and professor of art Crazy Creek Press Stephen F. Austin State...
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Homestead Press & Cat...
cowpower@...
May 2, 1998 1:06 am
Yes, and it will emboss, diecut, hot stamp, crease, number, tapdance and sing the starspangled banner; and not only that, it is almost very nearly completely...
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Cy Stapleton
hotline@...
May 2, 1998 1:20 am
I had completely forgotten about the Miehle Vertical. Another outstanding choice that would fall below the Windmill (as does everything else) but certainly...
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Cy Stapleton
hotline@...
May 2, 1998 1:25 am
I'm very sorry to hear of Pitman's death. He was a friend for many, many years. I last spoke with him several months ago and it was obvious he was on his last...
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Richard S. Broughton
zarquon@...
May 2, 1998 3:18 am
... As echoed several times, the Heidelberg windmill is a great workhorse. They are especially handy if you do a lot of envelopes. There is a way of setting ...
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William Alford
walford@...
May 2, 1998 5:03 pm
... I've NO experience with the polymer plates that you're discussing, but it seems from this thread that diazo screen-printing "plates" have similar exposure...
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Chas Klensch
klensch@...
May 2, 1998 10:37 pm
The following turned up yesterday (while looking for something else). My class notes from a one-day Vandercook session at the Center for Book Arts in NYC with...
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Cyan Cernwnos
grundhog@...
May 3, 1998 3:36 am
... Hey, the guy I worked for never let the gripper bar open on any of our jobs, and ran every job without gauge pins. I thought that was how one's s'posed to...
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Richard S. Broughton
zarquon@...
May 3, 1998 4:15 am
... I suppose it depends on how you like your register. Without dropping to the guides the position of the stock depends entirely on where it is at the moment...
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Dan P. Worley
d.worley@...
May 3, 1998 8:22 am
This has to a humorous response. You do indeed have the choice running a windmill to run "on guides" or "commercial" the terms are sort of self explanatory...
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Chas Klensch
klensch@...
May 3, 1998 4:01 pm
... Sorry RWO and any others similarly situated. Here's a text version: HOPE THAT WORKS FOR YOU. (& that it's helpful.) Fraternally, C. Vandercook Tutorial...
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Elias Roustom
EM-press@...
May 3, 1998 4:26 pm
... I read the Vandercook Tutorial Notes enclosed with the post listed below, and I found something worth noting. Dwell? We're using a cylinder press from the...
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JKS321
JKS321@...
May 3, 1998 6:44 pm
Some platen presses are equipped with big springs that allow the press tto stay on impression ( dwell) momentarily. As far as I know this feature is meant to...
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Chas Klensch
klensch@...
May 3, 1998 8:51 pm
... "Dwell" has to do with the time the type is in contact with the paper. (If you're hot-stamping, it's the time the type/block is in contact with the...
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AlembicPrs
AlembicPrs@...
May 3, 1998 9:39 pm
Having been stirred back into action in updating some of my typecase lays, I have added: Type lays: http://members.aol.com/alembicprs/ppucase.htm Italian...
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AlembicPrs
AlembicPrs@...
May 3, 1998 9:39 pm
It took only one afternoon (6 hours) to cast a small fount (font) of 14pt Didot Spectrum Italic, despite the ambient temperature still being 52F in the barn....
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SCOTFRE
SCOTFRE@...
May 3, 1998 10:35 pm
Next September I am traveling to Arizona to pick up some type, a cutter and a proof press. I need to know how much a Challenge Reproduction Proof Press, Model...
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Donn Sanford
donn@...
May 3, 1998 10:54 pm
Duane My estimate is 400-500 lbs. I got one from Virginia, MN, and it's now at Columbia College in Chicago. Weight is my best estimate and memory. Donn ... ...
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Cyan Cernwnos
grundhog@...
May 4, 1998 12:40 am
Use a handpress..you can get any length of 'dwell' you like. Cyan >(:...
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Ned Heite
eheite@...
May 4, 1998 3:29 am
... Exactly, that's dwell, and if you want to get a little more oomph on a tabletop, that is what you do. I've done it on my no-name treadle clamshell, too,...
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Gutenberg9
Gutenberg9@...
May 4, 1998 1:39 pm
Charlie: Just back from two weeks in Greece and Turkey, and reading my accumulation of mail. Sorry I missed your show in Richmond. I live in Sugsr Land, just a...
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Seko Julia
sekoj@...
May 4, 1998 2:30 pm
I don't know much about Challenge proof presses, but a Vandercook 4 weighs about 1100 pounds. Julie Seko...
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ERNIEBLITZ
ERNIEBLITZ@...
May 4, 1998 2:31 pm
My vandercook #4 weighs about 1100 pounds + or -. Ernie...
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Stan Nelson
nelson@...
May 4, 1998 3:03 pm
David, To put things in perspective, the average rate of production for a hand caster (in text sizes such as fourteen point) was six to eight types per...
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BillHunley
BillHunley@...
May 4, 1998 4:25 pm
My Challenge ProofPress is far different from a Vandercook - Just a manually traversed roller mounted on a bed about 17x34. The whole thing, cabinet and all...
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Charles D. Jones
cjones@...
May 4, 1998 4:25 pm
... Gordon, Someone bought a copy of "Blackjack, Bull Pine, Post-Oak Glade" for the library. You might ask the director or here assistant (both names are ...
