Steve Pratt of Pratt Wagon Works builds working replicas of printing presses and has built 19 presses using detailed mechanical drawings of their parts. His work is extraordinarily meticulous and accurate. Steve has built full-sized working replicas of iron hand presses such as Peter Smith’s Smith press and Adam Ramage’s Philadelphia, and even a wooden interpretation of Gutenberg’s press (the precise design of the original is unknown). He also makes missing parts for any press.
Editor’s note: Two of Pratt’s replica presses, the [Gutenberg] and the [Smith], can be seen in the Museum at Briar Press.
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I’ve just purchased a Hoe with a platen that is 25” x 38”. It did not come with a frisket.
I see on Briar Press that you build such things.
Could you give me a rough idea of what that would cost me?
I am also missing one of the corner pieces that would hold the frisket to the bed. It is the one on the righthand side.