Press   Room

little giant
ATF "Little Giant" Model 6
An automated cylinder press. Prints between 2500 and 5000 impressions an hour with a maximum sheet size of 12 x 18 inches.  This press was made around 1942 in New Jersey.

vandercook 219

Vandercook 219 Old Style
Cylinder press, hand fed, maximum sheet size 18 x 30 inches. This press was made in 1945 in Chicago.  An added (improvised) piece of equipment for this press is a  9x12 inch hot plate which allows me to do foil stamp impressions of that size on this press using 1/4 inch dies.

C&P Pilot
Chandler and Price
Old Style  8x12 Platen Press, made in 1909

Equipped with a pony fountain and driven by a motor with a variable pulley system to control speed.

C&P Pilot














Chandler and Price Pilot
Hand Press, chase size (inside) 6 1/2 x 10 inches.


BAG intaglio press
intaglio press
The intaglio press.  Made by Freddy Re'em for the Botega D'arte Grafica (school) in Florence, Italy.
It has a bed size of 25 1/2 x 47 inches and was made in 1963 after a 16th century design.


rosette



The brass plaque and rosette were designed by Jean Rush, only about six presses were fitted with these



A copper plate for intaglio printing,
 The Black Angel 
and the corresponding print that was produced from it.


Bindery Equipment


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