Intertype serial no.

Gary van Dyk
on 27 Oct 11 (08:57)

Can some one reffer me to some site where i can find serial no of a intertype machine to determine date of manufacturing?
Please help
Gary

David M MacMillan
on 27 Oct 11 (10:04)

Dave Seat (Hot Metal Services) has a page of Intertype shipping dates by serial number at:

http://www.hotmetalservices.com/INTDATES.htm

Regards,
David M. MacMillan
www.CircuitousRoot.com

Gary van Dyk
on 27 Oct 11 (11:17)

Thank you David
Seems to me the machine i have is a 1923 model.

Need to find the model now,dont have photo yet,it has one large keyboard and a smaller one to the right?

Thank you
Gary

mikefrommontana
on 28 Oct 11 (09:45)

If you have 2 keyboards, then your machine is equpped with auxiliary magazines, usually used for running larger type size mats in conjunction with regualar setting. Such machines were usually used for all around work in small papers, or for advertising work at larger papers.

Your machine is likely either a C-Series machine, for general setting, or could be a F or G series machine, which would be a mixer (ability to set from two magazines at once). Given the age of your machine, I’d be inclined to think is was a C series machine, with a “tripod” auxiliary (with a big central offset knob for rotating the auxiliary magazines).

On an Intertype, the serial number plate should be located on the left side of the magazine frame, almost directly above and to the left of the top of the assembler elevator. The brass plate is roughly 6 x 3, with a serial number and sales number.