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Hi Subscriber, Here's what has been happening on the Forum recently. Don't forget, you can now post without having an account.

eBay Highlights . . .

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Brass Linotype Clip - Indiana, USA

72pt Metal Type and more - Illinois, USA

Monotype Thermometer - Kansas, USA

Forum Highlights . . .
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Re: Model 31 long reeds

That is the territory I serviced for Canadian Linotype. From London Ontario to the Quebec border, 1957 until 1964. Then I was transferred to Montreal. I might have even installed your machine.

Re: Model 31 long reeds
I'm in New Dundee, Ontario, about an hour's drive west of Toronto and just outside Kitchener/Waterloo.

Linotype Installed at Buckingham Palace
New UK Monarch King Charles III is bringing in dramatic changes to the Royal Family's communications department.

Letterpress Auction - April 20 - Ohio, USA
Interesting-looking auction if you're local:

Re: Model 31 long reeds
Guys - thanks for the comments - this is helpful

Re: Visiting Linotype & Machinery, Altringham, UK by Doug Wilson
Further to previous post mentioning - 'In the early days gravure and letterpress equipment was manufactured, then a range of Miehle presses, whilst in more recent times web-offset machines were built.'

Re: One Pampered Linotype!
Well, it's been fifteen years since this red and chrome Linotype was first posted on the Forum. Time for an update.

Re: Model 31 long reeds
The reeds on the model 7 I work on are stamped with the channel numbers they can be used in. I think the only difference between them is their slight lateral bends, which allow them to slide up and down smoothly even though the magazine channels do not quite line up with the keyboard cams.

From the Main Site . . .
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The Whittaker Collection

Peter Whittaker put together a personal museum of linecasters that he believed showed their historical and technical development.

The collection has one of the earliest British-made linecasters, which was built in 1892. The other linecasters in the collection are from the twentieth-century.

They date from 1911 until the 1970s, when hot-metal linecasting was overtaken by newer technology. The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester was given the Whittaker Linecaster Collection in 1990.

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