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A view of the distaff side frisket hinge. How it was reconstructed is a little more evident.

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Uploaded on May 11, 2013

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The original hinge on the frisket was made from the same stock as the frame which extended past the...

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Uploaded on May 9, 2013

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The tympan frames and frisket were so poorly made that they had to be cut apart, squared...

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Uploaded on May 9, 2013

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Again for friend Tony. When I acquired the press the former owner (I had just handed him the check)...

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Uploaded on May 9, 2013

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The chill (a small bronze piece inside the piston) wobbled when the bar pulled the links through the...

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Uploaded on May 9, 2013

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This is posted for friend Tony. I have yet to discover any continuity in their serial numbers, but I...

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Uploaded on May 9, 2013

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The bar that is pulled to make impression was heavily painted black, covering a very...

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Uploaded on May 9, 2013

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All of the cast parts were made from sand castings, with varying degrees of finish work. The piston...

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Uploaded on May 9, 2013

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The original press had webbed cotton belting for the rounce straps, one piece drew the bed in and...

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Uploaded on May 9, 2013

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The operators side hinge, showing the build-up from the repair weld used to strengthen the hinge to the tympan frame.

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Uploaded on May 9, 2013

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Probably the poorest construction of my press was the tympan hinges. The original parts were barely...

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Uploaded on May 9, 2013

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Since I rarely remember to take any pictures of my type forms, I thought I would share an on-going...

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Uploaded on May 6, 2013

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Pictured is a page mock-up and parts of four pages for a miniature type specimen book that is...

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Uploaded on May 6, 2013

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Having exhausted the previously bound copies of my first miniature book printed in 1998, I spent the...

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Uploaded on May 6, 2013

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On the back cover of The Child's Alphabet, published by S. A. Howland, Worcester, Massachusetts is a...

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Uploaded on Apr 18, 2013

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A wood-engraved tailpiece found in the book La Typographie, A Poem, by M. Leon Pelletier, published in 1832.

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Uploaded on Apr 18, 2013

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Cut down from the block it was engraved on, the tiny chair cut has been morticed in preparation to...

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Uploaded on Feb 28, 2013

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This is the cut I was attempting to reproduce in the previously posted photo.

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Uploaded on Feb 25, 2013

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