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We make sweet stuff. Letterpress wedding invitations, greeting cards, business cards, stationery, packaging, birth announcements, you name it.
Our Boulder, CO studio is home to a 1893 Chandler & Price Old Style (stylishly painted red and black) and a Heidelberg Windmill from 1954.
Letterpress greeting card with original illustration printing on an 10x15 Old Style C&P.
SWEET studio in Boulder, CO
Calling all Craftsman 12 x 18 operators (for advice).
I am considering purchasing a Craftsman 12 x 18 press that seems to be in mostly great shape. My only serious concern is a small amount of platen “wiggle”, suggesting (as far as I’ve been told) some wear in the bearing on the wheel to the pressman’s right (when facing press) - the one with the small cam follower that is always harder to find for oiling. Perhaps the press had been worked hard at some point, i.e. lots of die cutting etc… The “wiggle” is present with the platen wide open as well as more minimally when closer to closed. Once it is at all the way to impression position with the “gate” or “cradle” locked in place beneath it, it is totally solid and not going anywhere.
I have also heard different things about printing with this type of press. On one hand, I have heard that the adjustable rails help enable the press to manage very clean, fine work as well as the press’s hallmark ability to handle larger flood areas. On the other hand, I have also heard that with this large and powerful of a press, fine detail work can be somewhat compromised.
If anyone is willing to comment on either or both of the two main points above (or anything else that comes to mind), I would be grateful.
Matthew