The Heidelberg rusty ball
You’ve heard of the red ball and black ball models, this is the rusty ball on UK eBay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/heidelberg-Printing-press/201395665344?_trksid...
I presume it is a Heidelberg copy
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You’ve heard of the red ball and black ball models, this is the rusty ball on UK eBay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/heidelberg-Printing-press/201395665344?_trksid...
I presume it is a Heidelberg copy
It’s not a copy. It’s just a very early Heidelberg T Platen. Probably from the 1930s. The HS (heidelberg schnellpressenfabrik) you see in various places on the press still appeared on the later model presses in certain places.
Here’s a (very) restored model from the Howard Iron Works Museum:
http://www.howardironworks.org/collection/pp-heidelberg-t-platen-1927.ht...
Brad.