Restoring an Antique Press with Mitchel Ahern

Mitchel Ahern, Volunteer Staff at the Museum of Printing in Haverhill Mass., discusses restoring an antiquepress. Mitchel discusses how to find a press, levels of restoration, disassembling and reassembling tips, cleaning a press and its parts, helpful tools, and what to do about missing or broken parts.

[@elephantmemoriesbyjobemacs8090]

Thank you so much for doing this. Very helpful.

[@stevenstevenyt]

Mitch, Thank you, I learned a lot!

[@braueydesign]

Do you by chance have a contact for Todd at press works I have a similar problem I need an ink pad for Golden number three Pearl

[@LearningLetterpress]

Hi Greg! Yes, it is tobout05 (at) aol.com. I added to space to help him avoid bots.

[@blanchesellvv.ytobecoming.6371]

We have a printing press in rusted condition for sale

[@mitchelka]

Located where?

[@blacknight1003]

Totally unwatchable. Waste of time - yours and mine

[@taunteratwill1787]

So you restored nothing. 😋