Paul Shniedewend & Co. equipment
Does anyone have or know of any non-hand-press machinery or equipment made by Paul Shniedewend & Co., or their successors Wm. A. Field Co.? I’m trying to compile a history of these companies, and so far I have found a fair amount about the hand presses but very little about other equipment they made and/or sold. I’m particularly interested in finding a few examples of their Reliance paper cutter and the Shniedewend Patented Register device, though they evidently made other electrotyping and stereotyping equipment. Any clues will be welcomed.
The letterpress engraving houses which do metal engravings would be the most most likely places to find some of this equipment, I would think. See the Yellow Pages of this website.
Geoffrey
My dad has a 1947 paper cutter. It’s says 23 1/4 inch on it. I don’t really have any other info about it. He bought it from a newpaper or something similar.
Ad Lib….. I once owned a Relaince paper cutter by Paul Shniedewend & Co, and sold it due to OSHA pitching a fit over it being in operation. Old lever cutters are not very popular with OSHA guys, you know. I do believe that it is still in the Mobile AL area. I’ll ask around and see if I can locate it.
Hi,
I have a Shniedewend & Lee Old Style Gordon 8 x 12 press. I also recall a 7 x 11 or two out there.
Connie
we have a Reliance paper cutter by Paul Shniedewend & Co., at our newspaper. It has been in a back room for ages, and still cuts with amazing precision!
Hello. I see it has been over 3 years since you posted ‘Paul Shniedewend & Co. equipment’. I too am curious about the history of Paul Shniedewend and Lee CO. I am curious to find out what information you have acquired and where you may have possibly posted this info. Please let me know. Thanks!
Here’s the ‘official’ history of Shniedewend & Lee according to Challenge Machinery. http://www.challengemachinery.com/history1.htm
I bought a Challenge 305 cutter in 1985, and still use it almost daily!
it is my understanding that the Field company only produced the Reliance press for a year or so around 1913 after taking over from Scniedewend.
Rick
I have Schniedewend & Lee’s 1888 catalogue of printing presses paper cutters etc., which was combined with a MacKellar type specimen. I would be happy to look up anything that interests you.
Here is a catalog that includes quite a few things they made. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433006350023
The catalogue shown above that is online is the same one I have. I wasn’t aware that it was online.