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Started by Dave Hughes, October 16, 2023, 09:50:45 AM

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Dave Hughes

October 16, 2023, 09:50:45 AM
I'm sure everyone who owns a linecaster has got some obscure mats lying around. Even people who only operated the machines may have kept a special mat when they saw that the end was near!

This one, recently posted on FB by the Penrith Museum of Printing in Australia is going to take some beating:



Here's another one, created to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II (UK):




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