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Broken platen 3 x 5 Kelsey

My 3x5 Excelsior suffered a cracked platen. Are there sources for repairs or replacement?

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I’ve tried to repair a Kelsey platen on a couple of instances without a lot of luck. That part is fairly heavily loaded, and needs to be quite flat, so it’s not an easy repair.

Replacements should not be too terribly hard to come by though. NA Graphics should be able to help you, or at least steer you to a source of supply. I’ve also seen parts listed on E-Bay from time to time.

These are your guys!
http://excelsiorpress.org/forsale/kelseypartsandrepair/index.html

Daniel Morris
The Arm Letterpress
Brooklyn, NY

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  • RMG
  • on 4 Dec 08 (21:04)

I have successfully repaired a hairline crack on my Kelsey 3x5 type bed using a product called JB Weld (the slow cure version); available everywhere. It may work if you are in a jam. It is like epoxy. Just clean the break, apply and clamp overnight.