Six and a half inch Linotype

[Mechanic]

If someone told you they had a Linotype 6 1/2" high, you might think they were suffering lead poisoning from metal fumes from their machine's metal pot. Such a machine does, or at least did, exist. In 1933 a Linotype operator in Iowa had spent 8 years building a model Linotype, driven by a little electric motor, that went through all the motions of the linotype. I doubt that it cast a slug.

To see it click on the following URL

http://tinyurl.com/2brskxs

[Dave Hughes]

Interesting article George. Just a shame that the quality of the photo was a little poor (letterpress, eh!)

And, of course, it begs the question Where is the model now?

[rag451]

Gosh, I wonder if it would be easier to restore something that big...

Robert