Comments on: Proofing press upstairs http://spiekermann.com/en/proofing-press-upstairs/ Typomania is incurable but not lethal. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:25:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: SpiekerBlog » Blog Archive » Real printing http://spiekermann.com/en/proofing-press-upstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-503 SpiekerBlog » Blog Archive » Real printing Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:01:23 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=380#comment-503 [...] Proofing press upstairs . There is also quite a bit of type and everything else I need to start work; but I still haven’t printed anything. Meanwhile, as reminder and inspiration, here is a lovely video from the US showing business cards being printed on a platen press. [...] […] Proofing press upstairs . There is also quite a bit of type and everything else I need to start work; but I still haven’t printed anything. Meanwhile, as reminder and inspiration, here is a lovely video from the US showing business cards being printed on a platen press. […]

]]> By: will powers http://spiekermann.com/en/proofing-press-upstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-318 will powers Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:50:54 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=380#comment-318 "the old house" "one-ton press" Those terms combined in one tale already make me very nervous. How did the joists handle the load, John? I have my own sad tale on this theme. will “the old house”

“one-ton press”

Those terms combined in one tale already make me very nervous. How did the joists handle the load, John? I have my own sad tale on this theme.

will

]]> By: John D. Berry http://spiekermann.com/en/proofing-press-upstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-312 John D. Berry Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:43:15 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=380#comment-312 Reminds me of when Chris Stern and Byron Scott first moved a big letterpress into the old house in Seattle where Chris was living at the time. I somehow contrived to be somewhere else that day. They only had to get the press into the house on the ground floor, but the front porch had three wooden steps; as Chris put it, one guy with a bad back and one 70-year-old man got a one-ton press up onto the porch and rolled it into the living room. They did it with patience, levers, and shims; it took them all day. Chris dubbed his imprint Grey Spider Press, because of a small arachnid who was along for the ride up those steps. John Reminds me of when Chris Stern and Byron Scott first moved a big letterpress into the old house in Seattle where Chris was living at the time. I somehow contrived to be somewhere else that day. They only had to get the press into the house on the ground floor, but the front porch had three wooden steps; as Chris put it, one guy with a bad back and one 70-year-old man got a one-ton press up onto the porch and rolled it into the living room. They did it with patience, levers, and shims; it took them all day.

Chris dubbed his imprint Grey Spider Press, because of a small arachnid who was along for the ride up those steps.

John

]]> By: will powers http://spiekermann.com/en/proofing-press-upstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-311 will powers Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:19:09 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=380#comment-311 You are either luckier than I, Eric, or more skilled. I once with two pals moved a Vandercook of the same size. We had no lift in the building, so we had the bed off the base, and were roping it down a stairwell. It got away from us and destroyed a wall upon landing. None of us was hurt, though. The press was fine. have fun with this. will You are either luckier than I, Eric, or more skilled. I once with two pals moved a Vandercook of the same size. We had no lift in the building, so we had the bed off the base, and were roping it down a stairwell. It got away from us and destroyed a wall upon landing. None of us was hurt, though. The press was fine.

have fun with this.

will

]]> By: Jonathan Doney http://spiekermann.com/en/proofing-press-upstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-310 Jonathan Doney Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:16:24 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=380#comment-310 Right! I'm coming over in the summer and you and me can print for a few days. Fancy that? Right! I’m coming over in the summer and you and me can print for a few days. Fancy that?

]]> By: Tor Løvskogen Bolling http://spiekermann.com/en/proofing-press-upstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Tor Løvskogen Bolling Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:33:14 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=380#comment-308 Looking forward to the final video with proofs! Looks like a good piece of machinery. Looking forward to the final video with proofs! Looks like a good piece of machinery.

]]> By: erik http://spiekermann.com/en/proofing-press-upstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-307 erik Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:43:08 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=380#comment-307 It's called elbow grease. Actually we took the ink unit off the machine by moving it over to a book shelf on wheels that we had padded to reach the height of the press bed. That took about 100kg off the weight. Then we tilted the press upright and slipped it onto a little board with wheels that we had duct-taped together. This contraption was pushed into the lift (elevator) and brought to the third floor. There the process was reversed, as can be seen in the video. Without the lift we would have been in serious trouble. If the lift had been bigger, we could have left the press in the horizontal position. It’s called elbow grease.
Actually we took the ink unit off the machine by moving it over to a book shelf on wheels that we had padded to reach the height of the press bed. That took about 100kg off the weight. Then we tilted the press upright and slipped it onto a little board with wheels that we had duct-taped together. This contraption was pushed into the lift (elevator) and brought to the third floor. There the process was reversed, as can be seen in the video. Without the lift we would have been in serious trouble. If the lift had been bigger, we could have left the press in the horizontal position.

]]> By: Rob Turpin http://spiekermann.com/en/proofing-press-upstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Rob Turpin Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:12:38 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=380#comment-306 It was with a mixture of concern and amusement I watched the video - I cannot begin to imagine how you got it to the third floor! It was with a mixture of concern and amusement I watched the video — I cannot begin to imagine how you got it to the third floor!

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