new presses to our studio, BFG and C& P 10x 15
Hi everyone!
Our studio just acquired 2 new presses. We are excited to get them restored and up and running. I have a few questions. Can anyone help us indentify their series? The first is a 8 x 12 Benjamin Franklin Gordon (no serial found). The second is a C&P 10 x 15. The C&P might need some parts, where can I go to help with something like that. I have contacted Advanced Rollers about replacement rollers for each. Appreciate any help you might have! Thanks!
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The Ben Franklin Gordon is something of a rarity, and it will be pretty difficult to find any parts for it. But yours looks complete. It was designed by John M. Jones, with his slight modifications of George P. Gordon’s press, and was manufactured in Palmyra beginning about 1891. I don’t think Jones used serial numbers on his presses - he designed 13 different platen jobbers between the mid-1860s and the mid-1890s.
Bob
I have lots of C&P parts.
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