Super Caster Time Lapse Video
Video of Nick Gill, from Effra Press in the UK changing his machine over from 72pt type to 6pt leads:
Fleet Street Pub 1960s - video
Printing and pubs, what a great combination! This video starts with an un-named pub in London's Fleet Street that had a display of printing memorabilia. My favourite has got to be the sign above the gents toilets.
Re: Lanston MONOTYPE display mats
For everyone's benefit I've added the sizes and faces for each of these lots, based on the box markings in the photos.
Re: Linotype part # H-2484 wanted
I managed to repair broken teeth like these but I did so not by repairing this part, instead inserting pins into the steel bar (M-2485) that this part attaches to. See my blog post for more details.
Re: Solving metal accumlation on pump rod
The sleeve is F-6193 on page 104 of Catalog 52 Casting & Driving. If you toss slugs in the crucible, rather than feed ingots you'll find this is an acute and recurring problem. Feeding clean metal is the way to avoid it.
Intertype Fotosetter - video
Some very rare footage of an Intertype Fotosetter uploaded to Vimeo by Jørgen Dissing Nørgaard from Denmark. The machine appears to be in working order.
Re: Linotype part # H-2484 wanted
The part Roger is looking for is shown on this illustration from the Linotype Parts Catalog No. 51.
Letterpress Limericks A collection of print-related limericks sent in by Greg Fischer, who spent 42 years working on the Trentonian newspaper in Trenton, New Jersey, USA.
