Free Wood Type

All sorts of interesting things walk through the door at Reflex Letterpress. I was all set up to do a quick refresher session with a woman who had a little Kelsey tabletop press, and charge her for the time, when she mentioned she had some wood type she didn’t need and would gladly donate it. I told her that this was a perfect payment for the press assistance, and I was definitely right. It needs a little cleaning, but it looks like I might have three new complete alphabets ready for the wood type cabinet.

The little Kelsey

New Cutter Finally Secured, Leveled and Aligned

Last weekend we manhandled a large piece of machinery into the Press, and this weekend I finally got the time to fix it up nice. I trued the backstop to the blade so it cuts nice and square, secured the pallet to itself and to the cutter, and installed the measuring tape so that you can easily determine how big your cut is. It’s a really lovely piece of equipment, and is big enough to trim down parent sheets from the mill. Pics below!