Excellent job; I learned how to operate a full size platen press in high school print shop, and really enjoyed it. We printed our graduation cards. Circa 1962.😄
Fascinating restoration and a very nice result! it must be very satisfying to see the press finally working. Antique restoration casting jobs are always lot of fun. Glad I could help & thanks for the shout out. And the shop tour!
Good job on getting it mostly fixed, painted nicely and back in working order. On your test print you can really see why the paper grippers are nice to keep the paper aligned and pull it away from the type as you release the press. I'm currently restoring an Adana Eight-Five. Not as old as your Excelsior, seems to be a model that was made around 1960. Mostly just needs some rust removed, cold blueing the bare metal parts again, and repaint some parts. The only missing part i've found so far are the roller wheels that guide the rubber rollers. I've 3D printed some to test out once the rest is restored, as the original rollers were made of nylon too that should work hopefully. Maybe i'll have to replace the rubber rollers as well. They ones that came with my press look okay, but it's not a big deal to get new ones, as all the important spare parts for Adana presses still get made. I ordered some small old restored high speed quoins from a shop in germany that sell them for a reasonabl price.
Excellent job; I learned how to operate a full size platen press in high school print shop, and really enjoyed it. We printed our graduation cards. Circa 1962.😄
Nice to see it finished and working.Great video!!
Fascinating restoration and a very nice result! it must be very satisfying to see the press finally working. Antique restoration casting jobs are always lot of fun. Glad I could help & thanks for the shout out. And the shop tour!
Good job on getting it mostly fixed, painted nicely and back in working order. On your test print you can really see why the paper grippers are nice to keep the paper aligned and pull it away from the type as you release the press.
I'm currently restoring an Adana Eight-Five. Not as old as your Excelsior, seems to be a model that was made around 1960. Mostly just needs some rust removed, cold blueing the bare metal parts again, and repaint some parts. The only missing part i've found so far are the roller wheels that guide the rubber rollers. I've 3D printed some to test out once the rest is restored, as the original rollers were made of nylon too that should work hopefully. Maybe i'll have to replace the rubber rollers as well. They ones that came with my press look okay, but it's not a big deal to get new ones, as all the important spare parts for Adana presses still get made.
I ordered some small old restored high speed quoins from a shop in germany that sell them for a reasonabl price.
It didn't seize up overnight so it will take a bit to free everything up. Patience will always prevail. Nice job!
Very nice! Thanks for sharing!
Brilliant!
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How did you weld the broken parts? I have one broken in few parts too! I’ve heard I should not welder cast iron. Thanks for your help!
I brazed them with an oxy acetylene torch and bronze rods. You can electrically weld cast iron but you need special rods containing nickel