letterpress

My "private press" is now also a type foundry! You can read about it (including some initial ramblings about Monotype University 6) in my monotype adventures.

Letterpress Resources

• equipment manuals
• Sort Count
• Typecasting list (a mailing list for Monotype and Foundry type casters)

We saved some interesting items from a back yard print shop originally owned by John Shinal that had been idle since 1972.

I purchased a number of items from Don Casey, who owned Anthracite Printing in Nanticoke PA until his retirement in March of 2004.

Here's what we have in place at the shop:

• Chandler & Price Pilot press, chase size 6.5x10 photo
• Chandler & Price New Series press, chase size 8x12 photo
• Chandler & Price New Series press, chase size 10x15, disassembled awaiting restoration
• Chandler & Price New Series press, chase size 12x18, new in crate (see crated press)
• Kluge M Series 10x15 Automatic Press with Feeder photo
• Vandercook SP15 Test Press (type high bed) with Power Inking
• 19" Challenge hand paper cutter
• 26" Chandler & Price "Craftsman" hand paper cutter photo
• 2 UK Monotype Composition Casters (16x17)
• 1 US Monotype Composition caster (15x17) with display
• 1 UK Monotype Supercaster with F.U. Transmission, with UK and US display mat holders and Lead and Rule attachment.
• 1 US Thompson Foundry-style Sorts caster, awaiting installation, with 0.05" mould and US and English display mat holders
• Baum 17x22 folder, not in service
• Assorted type (wood, foundry and monotype, of course) and a BoxcarBase
• Miscellaneous bindery equipment (corner cutters, binders, perforators, etc)
• Matrix Inventory

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