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I was surfing around trying to figure out how old one of my presses was and found some conflicting info. I saw the list of serial numbers at Green Dolphin Press, but my number (D62829) fell under the list for Crafstman presses. I’m certain what I have is a C&P New Style.
This is the only picture I have of it off hand:
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Chandler & Price made a heavy duty new style press called a Crafts’man’. This has no affiliation with the Crafts’men’ Machinery Company that made tabletop presses that you read about on this discussion list. Your press should be a 12x18 and was manufactured in 1946. My book shows it to be just a New Series press, not a Craftsman.
The C&P Craftsman presses had serial numbers with an X prefix. Yours is indeed a new style C&P. The C&P Craftsman presses had a heavier frame and later models had handwheels to adjust the impression.
Great, thanks for the info!