What kind is it?

I’ve done google searches on this machine and it’s shaped and looks very similar to a Golding Official No. 2, but the one difference is the name isn’t cast anywhere on the press except in the chase and it only says “Official No. 2”.

The only thing I haven’t done is pull the machine off of the base board and check underneath.

richard

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I forgot to mention, if it’s helpful, the chase opening size is 4 1/8 x 6 1/8.

Could be a Sigwalt Nonpareil. I don’t know how similar the Sigwalt and Golding Official chase mounting systems are but it looks like the chase is held in by two double-wedge lugs on the ends fitting behind pins in the inside of the roller rails, the system on my Sigwalt Nonpareil. The Nonpareil was the early version of the Sigwalt, which was a copy of the Official.

Bob

Thanks. The chase is mounted as you said. Could be a “replacement” chase. It fits and works, so no complaints, plus the price was right.

rng, I have the same press. It was a present from my Dad, Christmas 12-25-56. I still have it. It got me into the printing business and I’m still printin’ today. It was a used press when I got it. Still works great. My Dad (lost him last year at 95 years) worked for a company in their print shop “Fuller Paints in San Francisco” and they had sent him over to another print shop that Fullers had just purchased. It was the shop of “Nason Paints” and Nason had used that press for the imprinting of their paint can labels. Any way I ended up with it while I was in the Sixth Grade. I had many hours of fun and profit using that press. Hope you enjoy yours as much as I have mine. Bud

Carl, a friend’s Dad worked at Debco Paints here in SF, They also did in-plant imprinting of their blank master labels on smaller hand presses, but with rubber plates using a Multigraph.
My own shop is in the space once used by my grandfather’s paint store. He sold Fuller Paints among others (I think Roy Anderson Paints, RAPCO, were the main product).