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It takes a little while to get it there, but it will fly on the right stock.

Thanks for watching! I’m probably going to re-record this one at higher resolution. Stay tuned!

Hablo solamente poquito del Espanol. Pero voy a tratar. Tengo que trabajar por dinero. Tengo dos trabajos. Soy un estimador en mi trabajo regular, y dirijo noches y fines de semana de impresión junto a la chimenea. Me gusta Fireside Printing mas de el trabajo habitual.

@@FiresidePrinting gracias pibe. Tendré que traducir vuestro castellano. Él Dios te proteja.

@@wilarguello1598 Aquí hay una mejor traducción. Fireside Printing es un negocio a tiempo parcial. No he tenido un aumento de mi trabajo regular durante 17 años. La inflación y la escasez están afectando enormemente al negocio de la impresión, pero el negocio es bueno por ahora. Espero más problemas económicos de la inflación el próximo año. Espero que usted y su familia estén bien y oren para que ninguna manera venga a Nicaragua.

@@FiresidePrinting muy agradecido amigo. Creí que sufrimos solo, ya veo en otros lares es igual. Es penoso estudiar este oficio y terminar mal, ahora estamos estudiando cómo hacer una transición lo menos dolorosa. Gracias te tendré en estima. El Sublime sea.

This one was two different stocks. White Lettra on the front and black Classic Crest on the back. Printing a large solid on letterpress is extremely difficult on a platen press. I won’t attempt it any more.

In 1921. In 1931 Kluge introduced their own presses. You can a version the press in 2021. The open factory Kluge had a different cam for the gripper arms so they open faster. This made it easier for hand feeding.

This one was designed for hand feeding. It has a straight drive shaft and the cam change. I ran over 800 impressions today.

Yes I do. I cut strips of magnetic material and put them on the rails. I put two sided tape on the bottom too. Otherwise the trucks will shove them around.

That's smokin'!

They sure did. These are not nearly as common as the Automatics. This particular press has a straight shaft for the flywheel, which indicates it was never made to have a pump. The timing of the platens are a bit different as well. The hand fed press has a period during the cycle where the platen stays open and doesn't move for a bit to allow the stock change. The Automatic platen does not have this rest time.

FiresidePrinting Thanks, I learned something today. Hey, I think (but not sure), didn't they make a separate automatic feeder that you could attach to a Chandler & Price or Colombia? I went out to their website a few minutes ago, I was surprised to see that they are still in business. Been 35 years since I was in the trade. I used to do camera and stripping and plate making for offset presses, also ran a few small presses, started on a Multilith 2550. Very similar to a 1250, but it was intended for very short runs, so it had a couple of dials that you could preset to stop when you had the number of copies you wanted. Also ran Chief 15 with T-51 second color unit and some trashy (fast, but wouldn't register to save their life) AB Dick stuff. I did do some letter press too, of course I ran Chandler & Price (who hasn't?) and for a couple of years I ran a Miehle Vertical at a check printing place.

I think they did sell feeders without presses for a while in the early days. Then they went for the whole shebang. I had a Multi 1250 for a while. It ran ok, but I never sold it enough to get good at it. I decided to focus on letterpress.

@@fmichaelb hermano tengo un parecido en recorrido de trabajo. Actualmente tienes trabajo? Saludos desde Nicaragua.