WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS PRESS?

Hi JB,

Can you post some photos?

Regards,
Paul

Sorry folks-couldn’t figure out how to resize my photo!
jb

JB:

It looks like a coining press to me.

On second thought, this is too small for that, might it be a notary embossing press?

Looks a lot like my Kelton engraving press. Used to emboss monogram stationery.

The photo doesn’t show the business end, where the work gets done, very clearly. This does look a lot like a small coin minting press or could be used also for stamping an image into metal. It seems like overkill and undersized for embossing paper.

Bob

The photo doesn’t show the business end, where the work gets done, very clearly. This does look a lot like a small coin minting press or could be used also for stamping an image into metal. It seems like overkill and undersized for embossing paper.

Bob

Ok, this is the list of press names I have to date-
Social Engraving Press
Fly Embossing Press
Engraving Proofing Press
Die and Plate Press
Hand Stamping Press
Notary Embossing Press
Coin Minting Press
Jewery Press
As far as I can tell it is some sort of engraving press from the items that I have that go with it. It was made prior to 1930 by a company that went out of business during the great depression. My grandfather was an engraver by profession and this press was originally moved from his home when he passed. My father taught me how to use it in the middle 70’s and it has had several homes since and not used. Here are a few more photos with extra items, manuf. stamp, top plate in and out, and press name.
Thanks for the press names,
JB

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Looks like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6n1bKcyUZU

It’s the Invincible Cheese Press, manufactured by the Modern Die & Plate Co. from Belleville, Illinois. Used for creating cheese canapes and petite fours in one swift motion. Good find! If you have a literary soiree, or a small Catholic wedding in your future, you can put it to some good use!

Generically it’s a fly press and can be used for any number of things depending on what you attach to the business end. It is a manual version of a hydraulic punch press. Could be used for hole punching, trimming stampings, making embossings, coining, &c. Anything that requires a serious smack that isn’t too fast.

More than you want to know here: http://flypress.com/

…and the prize goes to jeff shay, ladies & gentlemen…

Sounds like it has an App for everything ;-)

But there again it might be an original thingummybob

You’ve heard of Florence Nightingale, Grace Darling and the rest
You’ve all seen Greta Garbo and our bashful(?) friend Mae West
But there’s a little lady I want you all to meet
She’s working on munitions and she lives just down the street.
She can’t pretend to be a great celebrity
But still she’s most important in her way
The job she has to do may not sound much to you
But all the same I’m very proud to say.

She’s the girl that makes the thing
That drills the hole that hold the spring
That drives the rod that turns the knob
That works the thingummybob
She’s the girl that makes the thing
That hold the oil that oils the ring
That takes the shank that moves the crank
That works the thingummybob.
It’s a ticklish sort of job making a thing for a thingummybob
Especially when you don’t know what it’s for.
But it’s the girl that makes the thing
That drills the hole that holds the spring
That works the thingummybob that makes the engine roar
But it’s the girl that makes the thing
That holds the oil that oils the ring
That makes the thingummybob that’s going to win the war.

She’s not what you would call a heroine
I don’t suppose you’ll ever hear her name
But though she’ll never boast of her important post
She strikes a blow for Britannia just the same.

(Arthur Askey)

john,

I wonder if you’re right?!

rh

Hi There, The press that is shown in the photo was probably uses in the Jewelery and watch making business. They were used for blanking out parts with punch and die set and were used for embossing metal parts. I would be like to know if it is for sale. If so how much. My ph.# 707-456-0736
Michael Stewart

It is a hand die stamping press for engraving. It’s basically for proofing large engraving runs for the larger automatic die stamping presses the company made. As has been said the Modern company went out of business in 1935 and was bought by the Cronite company in NJ - the last company in the world that still makes due stamping presses new.

It is, of course, a fly press too. It just happens to be purposed for engraving.