chandler and price platen

dantheprinterman
on 30 Oct 14 (14:45)

I’m a letterpress printer by trade but never came across a chandler and price platen when I did my apprenticeship in the uk. Can anyone tell me, is there a mechanical adjustment for the forme rollers whereby I can adjust the rollers to type height by moving the rails?’. (like a heidleberg T platen)
thanks in anticipation
Dan kuhl

james bourland
on 30 Oct 14 (14:52)

dantheprinterman, MERTS, or tape the rails, best james

mephits
on 30 Oct 14 (16:59)

I believe the Craftsman series have adjustable rails, but the Gordon Old Styles (either old series or new series) certainly do not. As Mr. Bourland intimates, Morgan Expandable Roller Trucks (MERTs) are the traditional solution to this problem. They are hard to come by now, though. The usual modern solution is to either tape the rails or the trucks. There are proponents of both methods who make interesting cases for each. I suspect that either works pretty much the same.
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Michael Hurley
Titivilus Press
Memphis, TN

dantheprinterman
on 5 Nov 14 (21:34)

many thanks mike and james

dantheprinterman
on 16 Apr 20 (19:01)

Another question regarding a chandler and price platen, what’s the correct diameter and shore hardness of the rollers?
Should the roller diameter be larger than the trucks?

dantheprinterman
on 16 Apr 20 (19:01)

Another question regarding a chandler and price platen, what’s the correct diameter and shore hardness of the rollers?
Should the roller diameter be larger than the trucks?

toddspresstime
on 17 Apr 20 (03:07)

Updated 17 Apr 20 (03:08)

same size truck and rubber.
7x11 press 1 3/8”diameter
8x12 press 1.5” diameter
10x15 press 1.75” diameter
12x18 press 2.0”
all new rollers and trucks are in-stock
22-25 Durometer