Category: Letterpress for beginners
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Line-O-Scribe (Morgan Sign Machine Co.) Model# 1422

Hello,

I got myself the Line-O-Scribe press & workbench. I would really appreciate if someone can give me some advice on the machine. It comes with cases of metal and wood types, some furnitures and spacing. But it doesn’t come with quoins. Do I need to get quoins to lock types & furnitures into this sign press? The press also comes with some extra stuff (metal slot strips & stand) that I have no clue how to use them.

I have learned the letterpress printing process during my grad school but only with SP-15 Vandercook. It was 6 years ago since I printed on letterpress so I really need to fresh up my memory. Any suggestion would be great. Thank you very much.

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I have a similar press…did you end up keeping yours?

Thanks,

Andrew

I have Line-O-Scribe as well. They are pretty easy to finagle a lock-up using furniture. Here’s an image of how I use spacing and furniture(and sometimes a few galley magnets) to lock-up my type in the bed. My Line-O-Scribe’s roller is in really bad shape, so I have to build up the bed a bit hence the cereal box under neath the type. More photos of this are posted here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/firebrat/4073465393/in/photostream/

Hope it helps!

image: Line-O-Scribe lock up

Line-O-Scribe lock up