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 for sale to printers

"While Supplies Last"

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Please note that ALL proceeds of equipment, supplies or printing sold by the Excelsior Press goes to support the continued existance of this museum print shop.  Each month, we have to come up with $600 to pay the rent. For the past 22 years, the cost of the rent has come out of my own earnings. But now the shop must support itself in order to survive. We began by selling off some of the spare presses and tools from our collection, but response has been so positive that we are now seeking out other sources of the things you may need. We and hope to become a reliable resource to assist and encourage letterpress printing for this and future generations...
So, Yes, this is our own unabashedly commercial "shameless commerce" part of the website.

WE HAVE FINALLY REALIZED  that developing and maintaining a collection of old printing presses - and paying the rent, month after month for the past 20 years so far, takes both a lot of time and a fair amount of money. And, since we've got more stuff than we really need, and since the simple fact that you are here viewing this page suggests that you might want or need some of these treasures we've collected over the past 45 years or so, we have some really neat stuff (and maybe some junk) for sale.

We hate to part with any of it, actually, but really, how many midget-sized Hamilton Furniture Racks does one print shop need? We've got some spares. And we need to pay the rent. They're for sale.

And, we've got furniture - loads of it. "A lifetime supply", is how I describe it. But how many chases do I want to lock up at one time? And how often will I leave furniture in galley forms? A few fonts of furniture is all that we need. So we can sell some to you. As much as you need.

We've got type. We love type. We can't walk past a font of type without yearning to add it to our composing room. And surfing eBay drives us crazy! Plus people keep bringing us more stuff for the museum, so we're always adding more fonts to our collection. Often we get duplicates - or even faces we just don't use in our style of work. They're for sale, too.

Then there's 138 MORE fonts which we 'rescued' when Hobson Printing finally cleared out their composing room this past winter. I couldn't buy the type - but I insisted that the owner not dump it into that large barrel full of lead going to the scrap dealer. These fonts had to be saved. I made him let me take them and promised that I would sell it for him for twice what the scrap dealer would have paid. (Still not sure what that price really was. when I find out, I'll post it here.)

AND, now that Barry's brought down his Linotype, Interype, Ludlow & Colt, we have his spare quoins, furniture, etc. to add to the collection, and he's kindly agreed that we should sell it to cover expenses - and our newest expense is the $1200 it cost to move the line casters to The Excelsior Press.

And quoins! Boy, have we got quoins!

enough chatter. Here's the list: but remember - Most of this is used, and is available "Only while supplies last"



Letterpress Tools & Supplies Price List
(prices subject to change and only while supplies last)



Excelsior Press - Printer's Starter Kit

SMALL PRESS ACCESSORIES STARTER KITS - $65-90/kit or ala carte
(this section undergoing revision 12/02/09)

Many folks find or by a press by itself without the "ancillary items" they will need to actually use their new press. To fill this need, we have put together a number of 'starter kits' that will give you everything you need to begin printing. But your needs may vary, so we have broken this down into some catagories, with ala carte an option as well.

For the common Kelsey presses, for example, we have put together a kit which includes:

Basic kit includes:
  • Furniture & Reglet Starter Font for your press ($35-50+9)
  • Tympan set - for your press ($15-25) - enough for your first 25 jobs
  • gauge pins - box of 6 unused/old stock Megill Spring Tongue Gauge Pins ($13) or a box of 3 "used, but usable" Megill "Double-Grip" gauge pins ($28)
* Wickersham quoins optional ($4.50 each + $16 for original used key or $9 for new L-shaped key)
* Challenge quoin key may be replaced by a 'shooting stick', depending upon availability of used keys

* Kits up to 5x8 ship in Medium USPS Flat-rate box for $13.50 - insured.


OPTIONAL Press ITEMS -
  • Chase lockup bars - eliminate the need for quoins on smaller presses equipped with drilled chases ($9.00/set)
  • Challenge Quoins  - 3 2-piece sets Challenge Wedge Style Quoins & quoin key*  ($9.75+9.25=$19.00)
  • Wickersham Quoins
  • Quoin reglet set - + 10 pieces each 6 & 12 point 25 pica reglet $4.00
  • INK KIT - 4 small (2"x.75") cans of ink - various mixable colors ($13.50) - various inks and formulations- basically what's on hand.
  • INK MIXING KIT - 3 small cans of shades of red, yellow and blue - can be mixed to make many, many other colors ($13.50)
  • Ink knife (also available at your local hardware store as a "putty knife") ($4.95)
  • Ludlow slugs (Line - or "slug" of "hot-metal" type)
    --  common phrases  - plus the name of your press - cast in Linotype/Ludlow Type Metal ($13.00)
    • Happy Holidays
    • Thinking of You
    • Thank You
    • Happy Birthday
    • plus custom phrases of your choice... @ $4/line.
    • Many fonts available. listing & Font Samples to be posted soon.
  • Ink Roller Bearers for Kelsey and other Platen PressesInk Roller Bearers aka Roller Tracks -NEW! - Our roller bearers are made from new hardwoods or recycled wood furniture pieces cut to fit precisely - type high - .918" - on our .5-point precision Hammond Glider Trim Saw. Bearers are then finished - for protection from ink stain and solvents - with the same Paraffin Oil used by The Thompson Cabinet Company when they made the furniture they sold to the Kelsey Company and to print shops througout the country for many years.

    • 3x5 Kelsey - $28/set
    • 5x8 Kelsey - $28/set
    • 6x10 Kelsey - $29/set
    • 6 1/2 x 10 Pilot  - $32/set
    • 10x15 C&P - $38/set
    • Custom Sizes to fit your chase - $38/set

  • Excelsior "Chase Base" ®- "replace your chase" with a hardwood Excelsior Chase-Base. Used for printing from deep-etch (K-series) photo-polymer plates. Mounts in your press just like a chase - but does not require that you have a chase, furniture, quoins or a quoin key - AND it gives you the largest image size possible for your small press. 
  • Kit includes low-clearance unsmashable gauge pins that will let you position your image anywhere on the base and still do quick makeready and sheet alignment. $68.00 - 108.00

 THE EXCELSIOR CHASE-BASE IS AVAILABLE FOR:
PRICE
 Kelsey Excelsior 3x5
$68
 Kelsey Excelsior 5x8
$78
 Kelsey Excelsior 6x10
$88
 Pilot 6 1/2x10
$88
 Golding Pearl - 5x7
$78
 Golding Pearl - 7x11
$88
 Cooks Victor (& old style Kelsey Victor) - 6x9
$78
 Golding Official 4x6
$68
 Victor 4x6/Craftsmen 4x6
$68
 Chandler & Price 8x12 or 8x12 Golding Jobber
$98
 Chandler & Price, Kluge or Colt 10x15
$108
Recommended for Pilot - Megill Extension Feed Guides
$26



note: although these are an inexpensive alternative a well-known & popular photopolymer base, these are *not* machined metal, nor do they include the alignment grid. But plates mount easily and are easily aligned - AND users report excellent results when using our special flexible gauge pins.


Typesetting Starter Kit

Even if you do use photo polymer plates or photo-engravings now and again, nothing beats the satisfaction - and convenience - of setting your own hand type, adding a flourish or ornament or nice piece of rule here and there, adjusting the spacing with a 2pt lead here and there - and then printing as we did in the good old days of "hot metal". (Which, of course we still do daily at the Excelsior Press) Besides, when you set your own type, and make up your own forms, you not only carry on the old letterpress tradition - established by Gutenberg when he began casting moveable type around 1450, but you also have the option of getting an idea and putting it to paper within an hour or less in many cases. There's nothing more convenient than setting hand type for short text works.

Setting hand type is not as hard as it may seem. We typically teach folks the basics of typesetting and lockup in an hour or so. You can learn in class, or learn from a book, either way works. For over 100 years, the Kelsey Company taught folks around the world - in quite literally, every far-flung corner of the world - monks on mountain tops, missionaries in the jungle, boys and girls across the USA - to set type with the handy (and still available) little Kelsey Printer's Guide.

And, we have recently come upon an until quite recently unopened crate of brand new composing sticks - made in Germany about 50 years ago, but left in a crate that had not been opened in anyone's recent memory... These are economy sticks - not as spiffy as the most popular of all - the Rouse Composing Stick, but they sell for quite a bit less than the Rouse stick and will serve any typesetter quite well. We use them in our shop and find them to be perfectly adequate - sturdy and accurate and easy to use.

To set hand type - as every printer should, you will need a few basic items:
1) Type & spaces
2) A composing stick
3) leads & slugs
4) A type planing block

Other good items worth having:
1) Type cases - one for each font.
2) A printer's line gauge - marked off in picas
3) A composing stick holder - keeps it at an angle so nothing falls out of an unjustified line.
4) A lead & slug cutter - to cut leads to custom lengths as needed (tin snips can work in a pinch, too.)
5) Galley Trays - to hold type, leads, slugs, furniture, "live forms" recently, or about to be printed.
6) Rules & borders - to enhance your designs. These come as piece borders (type), lead rule & border or brass rule.
7) (more to add)


Of course, you will want some type cases to hold the type, but even if you use a few ice-cube trays to begin with, you can get started doing your own typesetting easily and at relatively little expense.
Now if you want to get a bit fancy, we also make a reproduction of ATF's old composing stick holder.

Typesetting items
  • composing stick
  • composing stick holder
  • leads & slugs - in fonts or by weight new & used (mixed)
    • small font - 10 leads, 5 slugs in lengths of 10, 15, 20, 25 & 30 picas
    • price by weight may vary - $5.00/ lb March, 2010
  • border - piece border (type) or line border (rule)
  • spaces
  • type
  • type cases
  • Type Planing Block
  • galley trays - $9-14 each, various sizes available
  • miscellaneous "stock" or unique cuts and ornaments
  • Cusom-cast Ludlow slugs ($4.00/line set, + .50 slug cast = $10 min.)
Training - Personal Tutoring at the Excelsior Presss
  • Basic Platen Press work
  • Basic Proof Press printing
  • Typesetting - hand composition, form makeup, and more.


Other "starter kit" items you may want to purchase at your local hardware:

1) a one-quart can of lacquer thinner (or other suggested solvent) to clean your rollers
2) a one-quart can of odorless mineral spirits for general cleanup
3) a small bundle of cloth shop towels (or some old t-shirts)
4) a small putty knife to be used as an ink knife. Be sure the blade is flexible for mixing inks
5) a small adjustable wrench (Pilot) or large blade screwdriver (Kelsey & others) for adjusting the platen pressure
6) a tool for adjusting the paper gripper arms - a flat-tipped screw driver or an allen key, depending upon the gripper screws on your press.
7) an Exacto knife or some razor blades for general cutting while doing press make-ready.



Furniture/Reglet &  Cabinets

New and used (mixed as shown) Letterpress Wood Furniture from our excess inventory
(most, if not all of our furniture was manufactured by Hamilton)
Please note: - Most of our furniture is freshly & precisely cut from longer lengths of good used (aka recycled) wood furniture made by Hamilton, Thompson and other industrial manufacturers of the past. 
  • Standard Wood Furniture font =
    • 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60 = 8 LENGTHS
    • 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 = 7 WIDTHS
  • "60 pica" Starter Font 
    • 1 of each width and length = 7*8=56 pieces $50
    • matching Reglet set - 5 pieces each length in 6 & 12 pt widths
  • Standard Font - 5 of each width and length = 7*8*5= 280 pieces $200
    (fills one cabinet) = 5 starter font sets
  • Kelsey Excelsior Starter fonts
      • 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 picas = 7 WIDTHS
    • Kelsey Excelsior 3x5 "30-pica font" - $38
      • Furniture - 10, 15, 20, 25, 30  picas = 5 lengths - $30
      • matching Reglet set - 5 pieces each length in 6 & 12 pt widths - $8
    • Kelsey Excelsior 5x8 "48 pica font"- $49
      • Furniture - 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 48 picas = 7 lengths - $40
      • matching reglet set - 5 pieces each length in 6 & 12 pt widths - $9
    • 6x10 & larger presses  - Starter or Standard $50 "60 pica Font" recommended
  • Wood Furniture by the piece:
    • 10-30 pica
      • 2,3,4,5 pica width - $1.00/piece
      • 6,8,10 pica width - $1.50/piece
    • 40,50,60 pica $3.00/piece
      • 2,3,4,5 pica width - $1.50/piece
      • 6,8,10 pica width - $3.00/piece
    • Custom Lengths over 60 picas quoted by request.
  • We can precisely cut wood furniture to any size you want on our Hammond Glider Trim-Saw - just ask. *
  • Metal Furniture by the piece
    • (approx twice the cost of wood, not all sizes available.)
    • Some Metal furniture is available. (to be inventoried) *
  • Reglet - (mostly used) - starter fonts
    • SHORT FONT 15-20-30 picas .25/piece,  $ 9.00/font of 45 pieces 
      • 10 pieces each length, 6 pt
      • 5 pieces each length, 12 pt
    • LONG FONT 40-50-60 picas .50/piece, $18.00/font of 45 pieces
      • 10 pieces each length, 6 pt
      • 5 pieces each length, 12 pt
    • LONG STRIPS
      • 06 pt. x 20" $1.00
      • 12 pt. x 20" $1.50
    • Custom Lengths over 60 picas quoted by request.
  • Hamilton, Thompson & Damon & Peets Furniture Cabinets available - $75-150 *
  • * Contact us for details at 908 996-0849 or CONTACT via online form.
Starter Font of wood furniture for letterpress


Basic Universal Starter Font
(as shown above)
1 piece of each
Standard Font width and length
7 x 8 = 56 pieces

$50

Quoins & Keys

DESCRIPTION
DETAILS PRICE AVAILABLE
Challenge High-speed quoins 3,6 or 10"
$9.95 3 0
Wickersham quoins - patent date 1891

 $4.50 14
Challenge-Hempel (two-piece) quoins (as shown in photo)
2 piece set
$3.25 18
4
WOODEN Quoins  (new Thompson)
set of 2
$4.25
20
Quoin Keys
Challenge high-speed Quoin Key

$29.00
1 0
Wickersham quoin key - original

$14.00
1 0
Wickersham quoin key -  "L" bar

$14.00
1
Challenge-Hempel Quoin Key (as shown)

$9.25
6
2
Shooting Stick for Wedge Quoins
new
$12.00
soon
Steel Chase Bars for drilled chases
new/set
$9.00
yes
Hempel Quoins

Note: Smaller presses with drilled chases do not need quoins. If your press is drilled for set screws, we recommend using the screws wth chase bars to lock up your forms.




Lead & Slug Cutters
DESCRIPTION DETAILS PRICE AVAIL  WT ship
H.B. Rouse "Clipper"
hand held
32.00
2 0
2#
$5
H.B. Rouse "American"
industrial grade
48.00
4 3
12#
$24
Kelsey Co. economy
economy, but it works
32.00
2 1
4#
$10

  Leads & Slugs (used, but usable. Freshly cut to lengths listed below.)


2 pt Leads & 6, 12, 18 pt. slugs used, cut to size $5.00/lb
50 pieces - 2 point leads or 17 pieces - 6 point slugs: - USED, freshly cut to length
10 pica length - 50 2 pt. leads OR 17 6 pt. slugs - 0.625#
$3.50
15 pica length - 50 2 pt. leads OR 17 6 pt. slugs - 1.00#
$5.00
20 pica length - 50 2 pt. leads OR 17 6 pt. slugs - 1.25#
$6.25
25 pica length - 50 2 pt. leads OR 17 6 pt. slugs - 1.50#
$7.50
30 pica length - 50 2 pt. leads OR 17 6 pt. slugs - 2.00#
$10.00
suggested 'starter font' - 20 leads AND 17 slugs 10,15,20 & 25 pica lengths
$40.00
lead & slug starter kit as above PLUS *new* 25 pica composing stick
$55.00
cut to other lengths -accurately to 1 point, price based upon next larger size

$2.00 minum  cutting charge - up to 10 pounds, 10 lengths
USPS Flat Rate box - up to 70# of cut leads and slugs mailed within US for $4.50-$13.50.
note: 10# of leads & slugs will fill a 20x70 pica area
New, freshly cast 6 & 12 point x 22.5 pica Ludlow Slugs also available (price subject to market fluctuation)


Lead & slug cutters
View larger photos on
our "Slug Cutters" Page

Leads and slugs, cut to size
Leads & Slugs, cut to standard lengths




Tympan Paper Starter Set - 100 sheets mixed packing - enough for 25 printing projects
A full set of 25 oiled top (aka "hanger") sheets, 25 oiled undersheets, 25 sheets coated book paper, 25 sheets onionskin
for 3x5 & 5x8 presses:
25 oiled top (aka "hanger") sheets, 25 oiled undersheets, 10 sheets hard pressboard, 20 sheets coated book paper, 20 sheets onionskin
Note: changed 12/2/09 - pressboard no longer available in larger sizes

DESCRIPTION
DETAILS
PRICE
AVAILABLE
May '10
Pressboard
Available?
Kelsey Excelsior Press 3x5 $15 yes
YES
Kelsey Excelsior Press 5x8 $20
yes
YES
Kelsey Excelsior Press 6x10 $25
yes
NO
C&P Pilot 6x10 $25 yes NO
C&P Platen
8x12
$45
yes
NO
C&P Platen 10x15
$50
yes
NO**
C&P Platen 12x18 $65
yes
NO**
Vandercook Model 4 Proof Press 12x18+
$70
yes* NO
Challenge Proofing Press 12x18+ $70
yes* NO
Other presses, send size
custom cut
+5.00
yes
5X8"
* large sheets available. You trim to fit your press


** onionskin avail in 8 1/2 x11 only




Gauge Pins - new, used & old, unused - as available*
* We have some original Megill gauge pins that were bought years ago, but never used. There could be some slight tarish on them, which can be readily removed with a Scotch Brite pad. They work fine and were never used.

see on new page on Megill Gauge Pins

DESCRIPTION
DETAILS
PRICE
AVAILABLE CONDITION
more info
Megill Spring Tongue Gauge pin
box of 6 plus extra tongues
$13 yes old, unused*
MORE INFO
Spring Tongue Gauge pin box of 6
$14 yes
new
MORE INFO
Flexible Gauge pins* box of 6 $17 yes new
Larsen Quad Guides set of 3

n/a
new MORE INFO
Extension Feed Guides
set of 2
$26.50
2 sets
new
Double Grip Gauges
set of 3 - screw in, with wrench
$28
4 sets
used, usable
MORE INFO
Double Grip Gauges set of 3 - screw in, with wrench $32
yes NEW
MORE INFO
* "THE" Solution to pins crushed by engraving base... WILL NOT BE CRUSHED by base


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Typesetting Tools and Supplies

 

Composing Sticks

DESCRIPTION DETAILS PRICE AVAIL ship wt.
Rouse 22 pica stick LIKE NEW IN BOX $45.00
1

Rouse 35 pica stick
slot hole, knee-action
$35.00 0

Rouse 35 pica stick BRAND NEW IN BOX
$75.00
sold

35 Pica stick
thumb screw lock action
$15.00
2

Rouse 45 pica stick slot hole, knee-action $45.00 0
< 2 #
Rouse 60 pica stick slot hole, knee-action $52.00
0

Kelsey Aluminum
thumb-screw clamp
$16.50
2

APE Hohner - German
35 picas x 11 picas -7 .5"
thumb-screw clamp - NEW
$16.50 5

Other Sticks
various styles
$18-45
-
< 2 #

California Job Case
Rouse Composing Sticks
Composing Stick Holder - $16

Don't lay your stick on the level - keep it at a safe angle - without damaging anything beneath it - or letting loose type fall over.

- brand new, shellaced hard wood - made to last a lifetime by cabinet maker & printer Rich Polinksi of Front Room Press

click on the photo to see a high-res, detailed photograph -->>
composing stick holder
Composing Sticks inventory
Current Inventory of Composing Sticks
June 05, 2009
  • Kelsey Aluminum sticks to left
  • thumb-screw sticks in center
  • Rouse Knee-Action sticks
    - 22 and 35 pica - to right
  • Brand new Rouse 35 pica stick in box -
  • still coated with cosmolene $75 - (sold)
  • 100-pica stick not for sale
  • NEW APE Hohner German-made (new old-stock). thumb-screw sticks - similar to Kelsey, but NEW and made of steel. A good starter stick at a good price.
    (photo to come)
35 Pica sticks are 8" long.

note: inventory has changed, Please contact us for current availabilty


Type Cases (used; some like new, some very old; mfg: Hamilton or Thompson) (typical shipping - 1-3 $15 ea. 3+ $10 each - USPS)

DESCRIPTION DETAILS PRICE AVAIL shp wt
Full Sized California Job Case
flat front wood (no handles)
$12.50 20+

Full Sized California Job Case
flat front steel (like new) $14.50 20+
8#
Full Sized California Job Case raised lip front $14.00 18+

Full Sized Specialty cases
2,3 caps,  others
$22.00 5-10

3/4 sized California Job Case flat front, newer  $25.00 20+

3/4 sized California Job Case raised lip front, older
$22.00 15+

2/3 sized California Job Case raised lip front, like new
$32.00
10+

Small rule & border case  new, like new & used
$20.00 4

California Job Case
Flat front steel (like new)

Type Case Cabinets - May be filled with cases or used for cases and shelving
(wood, steel, used; some like new - mostly Hamilton or Thompson, some 3rd party manufacture)
note: cases extra

DESCRIPTION DETAILS WIDTH PRICE AVAIL SHP WT
Holds 48 Full Sized Cases
flat top wood 72" wide $250 1
Holds 48 Full Sized Cases sloping work top
steel (like new)
72" wide $500 1
Holds 24 Full Sized Cases flat top steel
(like new)
36" wide
$250 2

Holds 24 Full Sized Cases flat top wood
RESTORED
36" wide
$485
sold

Holds 24 Full Sized Cases FLAT TOP WOOD
made in 1926
36" wide
$250
sold

Holds 48 3/4 Sized Cases flat front cases
54" wide
$450
1

Holds 40 3/4 Sized Cases raised lip cases 54" wide $450 1
Holds 20 2/3 Sized Cases
(third party mfg)
case holder and
2-door cabinet on top
26" wide $250 1
Holds 10 2/3 Sized Cases flat top refinished like new 26" wide $285 1
Open Frame 14-case
"city Stand"
to be used with lip-front cases 36" $325 sold

Misc others
to be listed


zzz
Cabinet.steel.double.Hamilton

48-case Steel Hamilton Cabinet
with sloping work top.
In very good condition.

Galleys, Galley Cabinets (new June, 2010)



4-tier Hamilton Galley Cabinets - $125 each - 4 available; used
10x12" galleys 1-5, $6 each. 5-10; $4 each 10-20; $3 each.

Type 
Used Type
  • New fonts, old fonts, all sizes and styles and foundrys.
  • some in cases
  • some in original foundry packages
  • ATF, Stephenson Blake, Monotype, some wood type.
  • We'll post the list as soon as we can.
Type in Case
New Type & Spaces -
from Quaker City Type Foundry - call Bill Reiss (610) 942-3637 for a catalog
New Type Cast by Sky Shipley - shop online from Skyline Type Foundry
New Type - Hard-metal ATF- quality is cast by Theo Rehak at Dale Guild Type Foundry
and can be purchased from The Arm in Brooklyn, NY

 


Training - Consulting/Tutoring, Printing and Print Making Classes at the Excelsior Press
Most offerings assume a 3-4 hour "afternoon in the shop" combining any of the subjects or projects listed below with experienced, traditional letterpress printers Alan, Rich or Barry for $150.
(note: These "afternoons" tend to stretch out. Over 4 hours; please add $35-45/hour if you can afford it.)
Visit our growing section on letterpress makeready and other techniques worth seeing or reviewing.

DESCRIPTION
DETAILS
PRICE
AVAILABLE
Excelsior Press 101
4 hours - Introduction to setting up and printing on the Kelsey Excelsior Press - your press or ours. Locking up the form. Setting make ready and gauge pins.
Building a frisket. Ink up and print!
$150
yes
Hand Typesetting 101
4 hours - Set some type, print a poem or a card - what ever you want!
$150
yes
Typesetting
4+ hours of Hand Composition, Ludlow Slug Casting, Linotype/Intertype basic operation & form makeup
$150
yes
One day
Intro to Letterpress
4+ hours hands-on printing on a variety of presses
$150 spring/summer
Vandercook Flatbed cylinder
Press work
4+ hours printing on the Vandercook Model 4
and 1914 Vandercook Model 17 Proof Press
and Vandercook Model 99 galley proofer
$150 spring/summer
C&P Platen Presswork
4+ hours maintenance, adjustments and hands-on printing on the 10x15 C&P
$150
yes
Heidelberg Windmill Presswork
4+ hours maintenance, adjustments and hands-on printing on the 10x15 Heidelberg Windmill Platen Press
$150 yes
Colt's Armory Press work
4+ hours hands-on printing on the 10x15 Colt's Armory Press
$150
soon
Bench Top Printing
4+ hours hands-on printing on a Kelsey Table Top platen press
(C&P Old Style Pilot Press, Golding Official) to be available soon)
$150
yes
Typesetting and printing
4+ hours of hand and/or machine composition and printing on any equipment listed abovel
$150
yes

The Practice of Printing
by R.W.Polk
High School/Trade School Text book
THE classic printer's manual
$45
0 3
Kelsey's Printer's Guide
An excellent, clean 8 1/2 x 11 reproduction (by Thomas Roberson - the
Scan Wizard) of Kelsey's famous printing course - more readable than the original!
$16
yes
Kelsey's Printer's Guide Original print (by Kelsey) of the small sized printer's Guide
$12
1
Consulting, Training, Tutoring
customized to your needs - at my shop or yours
$85/hour
yes
Photo polymer Platemaking
and printing
One-day Seminar
- make, print from  (and take home) your own photopolymer plates
- from our stock art negatives or from your original art
- traditional wooden engraving mounting bases, NAGraphics magnetic bases
or the premier and perfectly machined Boxcar Press bases available.
$250
n/a
summer
2010


Presses - Kelsey Excelsior, Heidelberg Windmill, Chandler & Price, Vandercook Presses for Sale

* KIT - C&P - includes 6 wedge quoins, (with key or shooting stick)  reglet, gauge pins, starter font of wood furniture, tympan packing.
*
KIT - Heidelberg - high speed quoins with wrench, reglet, furniture, packing as above.
* KIT - Kelsey Presses - one set of tympan sheets, 3x5, 5x8 or 6x10 furniture starter kit, reglet, steel chase bars, gauge pins
* "SOON" means that the press is in the shop and is scheduled for restoration
Excelsior Press USED presses, restored to good operating condition.
note: These are NOT The fully repainted Restorations shown on our restorations page
We print with any of these presses before it is sold.
DESCRIPTION DETAILS PRICE
(press only)
ROLLERS
& TRUCKS
KIT*
AVAILABLE* Packing & Crating
Kelsey Excelsior size 3x5 $--- extra $90 n/a $30
Kelsey Hand Press
size 5x8 $--- extra $90 n/a $45
Kelsey Hand Press size 6x10 $--- extra $90 sold $45
C&P Pilot Press 6x10, side-lever $---- extra $90 sold $65
Chandler & Price 8x12 New Series $1050-$1350
extra $90 2 $125
Chandler & Price 10x15 New Series $1250 extra $90 sale
pending
$150
Heidelberg Windmill 10x15
$4500 incl. $90 1 $125
Vandercook Model 4 - in restoration $tbd
extra $125  not yet
$125
Challenge
Proof Press
12x18  - in restoration
$tbd extra 125 not yet $125
Mini Vandercook "Showcard"
Proof Press
Prints sheet to
8 x 11"
$425 none
sold n/a
various Vandercook Galley Proof Presses

$450-650
none

to be restored

moving/shipping available.
Other presses are currently scheuduled for restoration.Check back or inquire please.
Chandler & Price Platen Press
 
Table Top Presses -
Fully Restored
-
by Lou in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
(not at the Excelsior Press' New Jersey location)

See a photo gallery of Lou's Restorations - including 5x8 Excelsior Victor Restoration -------------- >>>>>>>>>>>
Fully Reconditioned Kelsey5x8 Press
SEE BELOW FOR OTHER PRESSES FOR SALE BY PRIVATE OWNERS AROUND THE COUNTRY


Numbering Machines
DESCRIPTION DETAILS PRICE AVAILABLE
 Roman, forward

$25 2

    Numbering Machine Photo to come


Miscellaneous Other Items

DESCRIPTION DETAILS PRICE AVAILABLE
 Ink Rollers 12x18 C&P or Kluge $75 4
Books
Polk:Practice Of Printing (1926)
$45
1

  Photos to come 





Shipping  Please note that we do charge a separate fee for packing, but only the actual cost of shipping+ insurance.
(Insurance rate based upon value of contents)

PACKING
small Flat Rate Box
$1.15



medium/large Flat Rate Box
$3.30


CRATING
items requiring wooden crating
$15.00-??


Insurance
USPS insurance based upon value of contents



USPS FLAT RATE SHIPPING (July 2, 2010)
2-3 day delivery to 48 states
USPS
rate

typical
total

international
rate

Small FRB 5-3/8" x 8-5/8" x 1-5/8" $ 4.85 $6.00
$11-13
Medium FRB 11" x 8-1/2 x 5-1/2" or
13-5/8 x 11-7/8 x 3-3/8"
$ 10.20
$13.50
$25-42
Large FRB
12" x 12" x 5 1/2"
$13.95 17.25
$33-54
Type Cases - shipped USPS, custom packed - $4.00 packing

2/3 size - 17x22"
 1- $12.00 3+ /$8.00 each
5 lbs
$16

Full sized 18x33"
 1- $15.00 3+ /$9.50 each 9 lbs
$19

Slug Cutter




Other based upon weight and dimensions & cost of packing materials


To place an order:

First, an apology. This page began simply as a place to list some spare equipment we had for sale. But it has grown quite a bit since then and really should be replaced by a proper shopping cart. We are working on putting together a proper shopping cart to make things easier, but until then, please bear with us. We're doing the best we can with very limited resources.

For now, please use our standard contact form, but include in the comments field, your name, phone number, shipping address, the press you use and a list of the items you need. Please be sure to leave us your email as well for faster service.

We will respond by email with a link to your packing list. Once you approve the order, and we have it ready to ship, we will upgrade the packing list to an invoice with a PayPal "Pay Now" button that will transfer our information for your order to Paypal where you can make payment using your own Paypal account or a major credit card. Please note in your order if you would rather pay another way and we will try to accomodate your request.

We ship orders of 12 oz or less via USPS First Class Mail and generally use USPS Flat Rate boxes for heavier items.
We can make a carton or crate to accomodate anything we sell, but some orders will require special packing and shipping quotes.

Thanks, Alan

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And there's more!
  • Watch soon for NEW letterpress print shop furniture from Ed Thompson, the last of three generations of Thompsons who have been making fine wood & metal workbenches, cabinets and other tools and furniture for print shops as Thompson Cabinet Company - catalog pages (partial)
  • 10/25/07: We are hoping to soon be able to offer Kelsey Press INK TABLES for sale.
  • 10/26/07: we are also preparing some "just like Kelsey" Excelsior Press "Complete Printing Outfits" which will include type, composing stick, leads & slugs, furniture & reglet, type cases, quoins & keys, tympan packs, gauge pins and the Kelsey Printer's Guide. Watch here for an announcement or add your name to our "I'm interested" waiting list.
  • See how our equipment is prepared for shipping - The Pilot Press Crating and Packing

Also - equipment for sale by other people. See if they have what you need
  • http://BriarPress.org - always a good source of information and equipment
  • Dave Churchman, Indianapolis, Indiana (dealer)
  • NA Graphics, Silverton, Colorado (dealer)
  • Don Black, Toronto, Ontario (dealer)
  • Letterpreservation, in Rising Sun, Indiana - recycling, preserving all sorts of letterpress items
last updated  6/28/2010
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