Misc Vandercook Presses

so I work in the letterpress lab at the University of Kansas and we have 4 vandercooks. I go though all the drawers and I have a few pieces that need to be identified.

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I just threw a picassa gallery together and I used schaedler ruler for scale. It would be awesome if I could find out what any of this is.

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First photo shows starwheels used to hold the sheet against the cylinder, not sure which model these fit.
Next three show upper part of the celluloid register punch.
Next seven photos of two items I don’t recognise.
Then a brass galley, used for storing and proofing type.
Then something I suspect is off a 219 NS, but just guessing; the bronze blocks may be for wiping bearers.
Last item is a tool used with the Vandercook plate base.

Item pictured in #5-#8 is a small vise used to hold numbering machines as the wheels are being set.

The star wheels in photo 1 will fit your Universal IIIs.
The bearer wipers in photos 15 and 16 will fit your No. 4s

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