Press Restoration Success!

After removing the rust from my 1925 (new to me) 8 x 12 Chandler and Price printing press, I needed to figure out how to animate it. Operating the press only with my hands and arms is not practical or efficient. My options were to buy a foot driven treadle (like old sewing machines had)…

Some Heavy Metal

Lucky girl to have so many wonderful allies and supporters – Gray Zeitz of Larkspur Press donated this lovely little (heavy) press to me 🙂 It was a cold day to move a press: a 15 degree Farenheit start at 8:15 am. We started out plucky enough and arrived at the King Library Press in…