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 Robert Oldham's A FIELD GUIDE to North American HAND PRESSES and their Manufacturers $15+S&H $12.50 with any supplies or printing order | Robert Oldham's Field Guide to North American Hand Presses
is a very complete and fascinating retrospective look at the standard
Iron and Wood Hand Presses used by American Printers from 1800-1900. - includes photos of dozens of presses with information about their makers and where they are now. If you have any interest in these neat old platen presses - the precursors to the Gordons, Goldings and Kelseys we use today, this is a must-have desk reference which will give you greater insight into those old hand presses that changed American History. - reviewed by Alan Runfeldt |
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NEW! For the first time in many years, and available only at the Excelsior Press The Kelsey Complete Printing Outfit Type, press, ink - Everything you need to start printing Today! |
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LETTERPRESS TUTORING
OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT'S AVAILABLE - FROM PRIVATE OWNERS ONLY
MISCELLANEOUS ~ SHIPPING NOTES
| 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... |
WE HAVE FINALLY REALIZED that developing and maintainining a collection of old printing presses - and paying the rent month after month for the past 25 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)
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:
- 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)
* 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
- Van Son Rubber Base
basic colors - (2"x.75") cans $4.50/can 4 can kit -
$16.50
These basic colors let you mix many new colors. Other colors by request.
- VS306 Pantone Reflex Blue or VS### Brilliant Blue
- VS301 Pantone Yellow
- VS346 Pantone Red Pepper or VS### Warm Red
- VS357 Opaque White
- VS 10850 Rubber Base Black - the standard - $4.50
- Van Son 3 Way Drier - $4.50
- Van Son Transparent mixing white - $4.50
- Overprint Varnish - $4.50
- Ink in Tubes from
Dave Robison
Flexible
Ink knife (also available at your local
hardware store as a "putty knife") ($4.95)- Ink Knife Holder
- keep your work area clean - lay your ink knives in
this holder - instead of on something you don't
want to get ink on... - $11.50
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(This is the original design that inspired Joe Lanich' own version at Laughing Owl press)
- Advanced ink mixing
kit - 4 cans ink, 4 ink knives, ink knife
holder - $45
- 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.
- Platen
Leveling Kit - 4 Ludlow Slugs (XXx) to lock up in
the corners of your chase - $11.00
- use these to set all four corners at one time and save time and frustration.
(Also available in photo-polymer for Chase-Base users)
- We now cast our own Ink Rollers and mount them on custom-made shafts with locking trucks, machined here at the Excelsior Press Museum Fabrication Shop.
- All Excelsior-cast rollers come with a 100% satisfaction guarantee
- All rollers are made with locking trucks to improve inking
- Most Complete Roller & Locking Truck sets are priced at approx $195 US.
- We offer rollers for most table top presses:
- Ink Rollers for Antique letterpress printing presses
- Kelsey 3x5 Ink Rollers
- Kelsey 5x8 Rollers
- Kelsey 6x10 Rollers
- Craftsmen 5x8 Rollers
- Golding Official #6 (5x8) Ink Rollers
- Craftsmen Victory & original Victor 4x6 Rollers
- For larger rollers, we recommend (& use) Ramco Roller in San Dimas, CA. and/or NA Graphics in Colorado
- For traditional glycerin composition rollers, we recommend Tar Heel Roller in North Carolina
| New 20 or 30 durometor Industrial-grade Excelsior Press Rubber Ink Rollers for your Kelsey, Golding, Victor, Craftsmen or other small press ~ rollers cast and trucks machined at The Excelsior Press, Frenchtown, NJ ~ Our roller trucks are machined of high density Delrin and are broached to lock onto our drilled and pinned roller shafts.  3x5 Kelsey Excelsior Press Ink Rollers, boxed for shipment in handy storage rack (included at no extra charge with every order.) |
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| ITEM |
PRICE |
AVAILABLE |
| KELSEY EXCELSIOR 3X5 - COMPLETE SET - 2 rollers plus matching locking trucks | $175.00 |
cast on order |
| 3x5 Ink Rollers only - new - each 1
1/32" diameter |
$80.00 |
yes |
| 3x5 Ink Roller Trucks only - new - machined high density Delrin - free wheeling - each | $7.00 |
yes |
| 3x5 Ink Roller Trucks
only - new - machined high density Delrin - locking
trucks |
$9.50 |
yes |
| 3x5 Ink Roller Trucks - used - steel,
not plastic - each original Kelsey 7/8" dia. |
$5.50 |
inquire |
| KELSEY EXCELSIOR 5X8 - COMPLETE SET - 2 rollers plus matching locking trucks | $195.00 | cast on order |
| 5x8 Ink Rollers - new/each - 1.15"
diameter |
$95.00 | inquire |
| 5x8 Ink Roller locking Trucks - new - machined of high density Delrin | $9.50/ea |
inquire |
| 5x8 Ink Roller Trucks
- used - steel, not plastic - each original Kelsey |
$5.50 | inquire |
| KELSEY EXCELSIOR 6X10 - COMPLETE SET - 2 rollers plus matching locking trucks | $215.00 | cast on order |
| 6x10 Ink Rollers - new/each - 1.25" diameter | $105.00 |
inquire |
| 6x10 Ink Roller locking Trucks - new - machined of high density Delrin | $9.50/ea | inquire |
| We also make rollers for most similar-sized
presses at similar prices. Note: We can also modify most existing roller shafts and trucks to lock together. Call for quote. |
inquire | |
| Roller Hooks and Springs - and Roller Bearers are also available | inquire | |
Ink
Roller Bearers aka
Roller Tracks -NEW! - Our roller bearers are
made here in the shop from new hardwoods or recycled
wood furniture pieces cut to fit precisely - type high
- .918" - on our 1.0-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 throughout the country for many years.
- 3x5 Kelsey -
$24/set *
- 5x8 Kelsey -
$28/set *
- 6x10 Kelsey -
$29/set *
- 6 1/2 x 10 Pilot - $29/set *
- 8x12 or 10x15 C&P - $32/set
- Custom Sizes to fit your chase - $38/set
- * undercut to save chase space
- Excelsior "Chase Base" ®- "replace your chase" with a hardwood blocked Cherry or machined Richlite® 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.
- Full 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
*
Note: March 8, 2012: Due to a supply chain interruption, and a number
of other projects in the shop, we experiencing a delay in production
& shipping. Please check back here for an update when Chase-Bases are again ready to ship.
| THE EXCELSIOR
CHASE-BASE IS AVAILABLE* FOR: |
BASE
ONLY PRICE |
FULL KIT* |  5X8 Kelsey Excelsior Chase-Base Milled to fit the bed just like the Kelsey Chase. Mounts photo-polymer plates for full-form printing max image area: 5x8" also available for all presses listd to the left. Inquire for custom orders. |
| Kelsey
Excelsior 3x5 |
$68 |
$79 | |
| Kelsey
Excelsior 5x8 - wide or narrow** |
$78 |
$89 |
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| Kelsey
Excelsior 6x10 |
$88 |
$99 |
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| Pilot 6 1/2x10
(also Craftsmen Superior) |
$88 |
$99 |
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| Golding Pearl -
Improved #8 - 5x8 |
$78 |
$89 |
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| Golding Pearl -
Improved #11 - 7x11 |
$88 |
$99 |
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| Golding Official #3 - 5 x 7 1/2" | $85 |
$89 |
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| Cooks Victor
(& old style Kelsey Victor) - 6x9 |
$78 |
$96 |
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| Victor 4x6 or
Craftsmen Victory (please specify, widths vary) |
$75 |
$86 |
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| Craftsmen 5x8 |
$75 |
$86 |
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| Chandler &
Price 8x12 or 8x12 Golding Jobber #6 |
$98 |
$109 |
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| Chandler &
Price, Kluge or Colt 10x15 |
$108 |
$119 |
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| Xxx Platen Leveling kit
- photo polymer corner markers |
$9 |
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| Stock photopolymer
images set (under development) |
$call |
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| Square base blocks -
cut to fit 4" coasters |
tbd |
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| * KIT includes pack
of 6 flexible gauge pins - a $17 value) ** 5x8 Excelsior Chase Beds vary in width by up to 1/8" see photo below |
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.
** Old vs New Style Kelsey Excelsior Chase Bed Comparison. Note the old style bed in the background. It uses iron wedges - cast into the bed - to hold the chase in place. It is 1/8" tighter than the new style shown in the foreground.
The New Style Chase Bed uses pins or set screws to hold the chase at the bottom. It is 1/8" wider than the old style. Be sure to tell us which one you have so that your base fits your press perfectly.
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.)
- 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.
SMALL PRESS SCORING KIT
The Small Press Scoring Kit will let you score cards for easy folding. It consists of two pieces of .909" steel scoring rule; one piece cut to fit your chase horizontally, a second that will fit vertically. It also includes 3 strips of "Channel Creasing Matrix" of each length which will serve for 6 jobs, and some masking tape which can be used to create channels manually if you use up your (more expensive) creasing matrix.
I'm working on some illustrations and instructions on how to use this on the small press and will make sure to have that ready by the time you get your kit if you think it's something that you will put to good use.
| 5x8 Pre-cut Scoring
Kit - |
$12.50 |
| 6x10 Pre-cut Scoring
Kit |
$15.00 |
| .909" steel Score
Rule - 12" strip |
$6.25 |
| #2 Channel Creasing
Matrix - 12" strip |
$2.75 |
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) |
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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.
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 Basic Universal Starter Font (as shown above) 1 piece of each Standard Font width and length 7 x 8 = 56 pieces $50 |
Quoins & Keys - inventory (& add'l photos) posted 10/6/2011
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 Challenge Two-piece
Wedge Quoins & Key
 Wickersham #0, #1
& #3 - Quoins & Key
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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 July '11
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Pressboard Available? |
| Kelsey Excelsior Press | 3x5 | $15 | yes |
YES |
| Kelsey Excelsior Press | 5x8 | $20 |
yes |
YES |
| Kelsey Excelsior Press | 6x10 | $25 |
yes |
NO |
| Golding Pearl |
5x7 |
$20 |
yes |
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| Golding Pearl | 7x11 |
$30 |
yes |
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| 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 |
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onionskin avail in 8 1/2 x11 or smaller only |
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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 |
pack of 6 plus extra
tongues |
$13 | 4 |
new | MORE INFO |
| Megill Spring Tongue Gauge pin | box of 12 plus extra tongues | $21 |
2 |
new |
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| Spring Tongue Gauge pin | each |
$3 | yes |
new |
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| Megill Flexible Gauge pins* | pack of 6 | $17 | yes | new | MORE INFO |
| Megill Flexible Gauge pins* | box of 12 |
$32 |
yes | new |
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| Larsen Quad Guides | set of 3 |
$28 |
4 |
new | MORE INFO |
| Extension Feed Guides |
set of 2 |
$26.50 |
2
sets |
new | MORE INFO |
| Megill Double Grip Gauges |
set of 3 - screw in, with wrench |
$28 |
0 | used,
usable |
MORE INFO |
| Megill Double Grip Gauges | set of 3 - screw in, with wrench | $32 |
6 | NEW |
MORE INFO |
| * "THE" Solution
to pins crushed by engraving or polymer plate
base... WILL NOT BE CRUSHED by base! |
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Typesetting Tools and Supplies
Composing Sticks
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Sticks
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 note: inventory has changed, Please contact us for current availabilty |
Current Inventory of Composing
Sticks
June 05, 2009
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Type Cases
These cases are
used; some are like new, some very old ; some clean,
some dirty. Mfg: Hamilton or Thompson (typical shipping - 1-3 $15 ea. 3+ $10 each - USPS)
A $4 packing charge will be added to each order of 1-3 cases to cover time, tape and cartons.
| Postal Rates: |
1 full-sized,
California job case, 11 pounds, wrapped | Priority
Mail = $11 + $4 packing = $15 |
| Sept 16, 2010 |
3 cases - 24# pounds, wrapped
| 2-3 day Priority Mail = $44 / 6 day Parcel Post
- $24 + $4 packing |
note: these are old,
used cases. Some may be dirty and dusty. Please be
prepared to clean and oil the cases yourself, or ask us to do it
before shipping.
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| xxxDESCRIPTION | SIZE |
DETAILS | PRICE | AVAIL | shp wt |
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| Full Sized California Job Case |
1.5" wood (no
handles) |
$16.50 | 10+ |
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| Full Sized California Job Case |
1.5" steel (very clean) | $18.50 | 50+ |
8# |
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| Full Sized California Job Case | 32 1/4x16
5/8"x1 3/4" |
1.75" lip raised lip front | $17.00 | 7+
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| "
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cleaned,
lightly sanded & oiled |
$45.00 |
7+ |
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| Full Sized Specialty cases |
2,3
caps, others |
$22.00 | 5-10 |
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| 3/4 sized California Job Case | flat front, newer | $27.00 | 20+ |
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| 3/4 sized California Job Case | 1.75"
raised lip front, older |
$26.00 | 15+ |
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| 2/3 sized California Job Case | raised
lip front, like new |
$32.00 |
10+ |
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| Small rule & border case | new, like new & used |
$20.00 | 6 |
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| new type case
handles |
(Thompson No. 6071 combination label holder pull) |
$3.85 |
50 |
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| clean & oil
older cases |
$28.00 |
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(wood, steel, used; some like new - mostly Hamilton or Thompson, some 3rd party manufacture)
note: cases extra
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 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
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| New
Type & Spaces - from Quaker City Type Foundry - call Bill Reiss (610) 942-3637 for a catalog |
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| New Type Cast by
Sky Shipley - shop online from Skyline
Type Foundry |
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| 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 |
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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 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.
On-site Training - on your press - or service work on your press - is also available $85/hour + travel from 08825
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DETAILS NOTE: THESE RATES ONLY APPLY TO TRAINING/TUTORING AT THE EXCELSIOR PRESS IN FRENCHTOWN, NJ |
PRICE |
AVAILABLE |
| BASIC SUBJECTS WE KNOW WELL |
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| Platen Press
Adjustments |
4 hours with your
press or ours - fix pretty much anything that's
wrong with your press, level the platen, adjust ink
roller height, mount tympan and solve just about any
problem that's preventing your press from printing
as it should. |
$150 |
yes new 7/11 |
| 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 - on one of the
platen presses or Vandercooks |
$150 |
yes |
| Typesetting |
4+ hours of Hand Composition, Ludlow
Slug Casting, Linotype/Intertype basic operation
& form makeup |
$150 |
on hold for 2011 |
| 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 or Golding Official Table
Top platen press (C&P Old Style Pilot Press 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 |
| MISC |
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| The
Practice of Printing by R.W.Polk |
High
School/Trade School Text book THE classic printer's manual |
$45 |
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| 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 |
call
for availability |
| ON-SITE REPAIR , SET UP &/OR ADJUSTMENT |
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| On-Site Repair, Set-Up &/or Adjustment - Or tutoring on your press in your shop |
$85/hour |
plus travel |
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Presses available - Kelsey Excelsior, Heidelberg Windmill, Chandler & Price, Vandercook Presses for Sale
- Lou's
Restored to like Factory-new Presses (not associated with The Excelsior Press Museum Print Shop)
- Used,
operating
Presses at the Excelsior Press - serviced,
cleaned & operating well. Come
print before you buy!
- Other
private
owners around
the country with with presses or equipment for sale or
in need of rescue.
* 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
* 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
moving/shipping
available.
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Numbering Machines
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Numbering Machine Photo to come |
Miscellaneous Other Items
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Photos to come |
Shipping Please note that we may charge a separate fee for other than USPS Flat-Rate packing, but will only charge you the actual cost of shipping + insurance. (Insurance rate based upon value of contents)
New Rates: Aug, 2011 - to keep things simple, where we can use USPS Flat Rate or Regional Rate packaging, we just round up or down to charge $5, $10 or $15 shipping - plus insurance where appropriate.
*We will be adding Regional Rate size and rate info to the chart below.
| PACKING |
small Flat Rate Box |
$.15 |
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| medium/large Flat
Rate Box |
$.30-$1.05 |
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| CRATING |
items requiring
wooden crating |
$15-$250* |
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| Insurance |
USPS insurance based
upon value of contents |
$2 per
$100 value |
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| USPS FLAT RATE
SHIPPING (August, 2011) 2-3 day delivery to 48 states |
USPS rate |
We Charge |
international rate** |
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| Small FRB | 5-3/8" x 8-5/8" x 1-5/8" | $ 4.85 | $5.00 |
$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 |
$10.00 |
$25-42 |
| Large FRB |
12" x 12" x 5 1/2" |
$13.95 | 15.00 |
$33-54 |
| Type Cases -
shipped USPS, custom packed - $4.00 packing |
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| 2/3 size - 17x22" |
1- $12.00 3+ /$8.00 each |
5 lbs |
$16 |
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| Full sized 18x33" |
1- $15.00 3+ /$9.50 each | 9 lbs |
$19 |
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| Slug Cutter |
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| Small Packages - where cost is less than Flat or Regional Rates |
$2.00-4.00 | ? |
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| * Other based upon
weight and dimensions & cost of packing
materials |
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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. Once payment has been received via PayPal, we will use their easy-label service to print postage and will deliever your box to the post office first thing the next morning. You will receive tracking info via email.
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 all 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
TOP OF PAGE SHIPPING INFO
- 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
Print shop in Reading, PAsold
Letterpress shop in GeorgiaAuction in Michiganended- Martin's Chandler
& Price Galley Proof Press - now at
Excelsior Press
- Virginia Stewart's Vandercook Model 14 Proof Press in Tyler, Texas
- Peggy & Gayle's Dad's basement shop in
Allentown - 3 big C&Ps & lots of type -
photos to comelost TO SCRAP MAN!! - Sept, 2008
Complete
Letterpress
Shop in Northern Florida - including
Linotypes, Hand Type and Presses
- Sept, 2008 - We have begun listing the excellent restorations of table top presses factory rebuilt by Lou in Rhode Island.
- Sept, 2009 - Complete Letterpress Shop for sale in Kentucky - see Briar Press page by David W. Bailey
- Oct, 2009 - Jimmy's
presses & Linotype at The
Garfield Messenger, Garfield, NJ (Linotype,
Kelly 3 flatbed press avail 5/10.)
- May, 2010 - Defelice Engineering, in Mooresville, Indiana is restoring C&Ps - http://defeliceenginc.com/press.shtml
- June, 2010 - Two C&Ps have been warehoused and kept clean and dry - now available in Norfolk, VA - See photos of 12x18
- July,
2010 - Ramona, California - Dottie Cronin would
like to find a new home for her late husband's 6x10 Kelsey -
- March, 2012 - Info Coming Soon -Two Chandler & Price Platen Presses an hour west of Philadelphia
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