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LetPress20 Oct 22
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Peter Wells?30 Jul 22
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Monotype Coupon Border9 Apr 21
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Recent comments
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$500 is way too much for this. Even...30 May
29 Apr
.765" was standard base height for...28 Nov
.918" is across the diameter of the...8 May
1) I'd just grind or file the ends of...16 Jun
1) the "hard-metal" Linotype system was...27 Mar
1/8" may be all the expansion needed...5 Feb
11 pt. was the industry standard for...5 Apr
12" might look sufficent until you...24 May
18^349 is Memphis bold. The others...18 May
1948-1949. The Challenge website at...12 Aug
19577 Aug
19mm is about 3/4" which is too low for...27 Sep
22x30 is a very large plate. What size...27 Sep
3,000# in 22# ingots were recently...7 Feb
3-to-em is standard in job work but in...30 Sep
40 is a very hard durometer, not...24 Aug
72 point Cheltenham type cast by Empire...17 Jan
8x12 C&P rollers have always fit on my...27 Feb
A 12x14 sheet does not yield a 9x12...16 Jul
A 60 degree center gauge is inexpensive...30 Mar
A bare 3 would be slightly shorter than...28 Aug
A better search would be for...21 Nov
A blind hit first can help, but a tint...6 May
A broken trip spring or a sticky trip...15 Mar
A chop is a carved personal seal used...15 Feb
A common path is to get a press and put...28 Jan
A crankshaft isn't the only way to get...25 Apr
A critical lubrication point on Gordon...19 Nov
A curse on all press-strippers! My own...25 May
A different view on the "simpler to...9 Mar
A fixed lockup bar is a cheaper and...4 Nov
A galley has three sides (four on some...22 Nov
A lathe bed has two parallel ways that...28 Apr
A leaf before the title page is pretty...25 Nov
A Line-o-Scribe is a sign press. That...12 Mar
A local printer damaged his Vandercook...7 Oct
A long time ago, my Challenge-Gordon...30 Jul
A long time ago, some of the clips came...4 Jan
A looks like a regular Thompson platen;...31 Aug